Who painted The Adoration of the Magi?

Sandro Botticelli painted The Adoration of the Magi in 1475.

What Bible passage does The Adoration of the Magi depict?

The Adoration of the Magi depicts the biblical scene from Matthew 2:11.

Where is The Adoration of the Magi located?

The Adoration of the Magi is housed at Galleria degli Uffizi, Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence.

The Adoration of the Magi by Sandro Botticelli

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The Adoration of the Magi is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli, dating from 1475 or 1476, early in his career. The work is on display at the Uffizi in Florence. Botticelli was commissioned to paint at least seven versions of The Adoration of the Magi.[1] This version was commissioned by Gaspare di Zanobi del Lama for his funerary chapel in Santa Maria Novella.

Details

Artist: Sandro Botticelli
Created: 1475
Medium: tempera on panel
Dimension: 134cm × 111cm
Passage: Matthew 2:11
Housed at: Galleria degli Uffizi Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence

Found in: Matthew, Matthew 2, 15th century, Adoration of the Magi

Matthew 2:11

11 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Matthew 2:11 · World English Bible

The artist

Sandro Botticelli

1445 - 1510

Florence, Italy

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, known as Sandro Botticelli, was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He belonged to the Florentine School under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, a movement that Giorgio Vasari would characterize less than a hundred years later in his Vita of Botticelli as a "golden age". Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century; since then, his work has been seen to represent the linear grace of Early Renaissance painting.