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The Adoration of the Magi
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
After the birth of Jesus, the three Magi – the 'wise men from the East' – followed the star of Bethlehem, visible at the upper right, to find the newborn infant. If you look closely, you will notice that the contours of all the figures have been incised. These thin lines are the remains of the process of tracing, used to transfer the composition onto a copper plate.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDe aanbidding door de koningen. c. 1573. Adriaan de Weerdt. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
