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The Adoration of the Magi

ca. 1470
Not on view
Together with two scenes now in the Vatican, these panels formed the base (predella) of an altarpiece, possibly the Presentation in the Temple in the cathedral of Massa Marittima, south of Siena. Sano was a gifted painter of illuminations and these works share with his illuminations a pleasing, genial, if somewhat conservative, narrative style. His work was much appreciated by the Franciscan order in Siena for its simple, populist character.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Adoration of the Magi
  • Artist: Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio) (Italian, Siena 1405–1481 Siena)
  • Date: ca. 1470
  • Medium: Tempera and gold on wood
  • Dimensions: 11 7/8 x 18 3/4 in. (30.2 x 47.6 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irma N. Straus, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.189.2
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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