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The Adoration of the Magi

ca. 1390
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 952
Bartolo di Fredi was the most important painter in Siena in the second half of the fourteenth century. Accommodating the vertical composition, the overlapping figures of servants, kings, and horses are densely assembled around the Virgin and Child. The panel, which has been truncated at the top, originally included the procession of the Magi in the upper zone (a fragment of which is preserved in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon). Two headless camels and the legs of two attendants and a dog in the upper left corner offer evidence of the once amplified narrative.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Adoration of the Magi
  • Artist: Bartolo di Fredi (Italian, active by 1353–died 1410 Siena)
  • Date: ca. 1390
  • Medium: Tempera and gold on wood
  • Dimensions: 58 1/2 x 35 1/8 in. (148.6 x 89.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.16
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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