The Adoration of the Magi (1478–1482)
Sandro Botticelli
Tempera and Oil on Poplar Panel. Florentine, Renaissance.
Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century
Sandro Botticelli, a Florentine, painted several versions of the theme of the Adoration of the Magi. The Magi, or wise men, were particularly venerated in Florence, as one of the city's leading religi…