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The Adoration of the Magi by Hieronymus Bosch

The Adoration of the Magi

Hieronymus Bosch · 1470

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DETAILS
Artist
Hieronymus Bosch
Date
1470
Medium
Oil and gold on oak
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
28 x 22 1/4in. (71.1 x 56.5cm)
Collection
European Paintings
Credit line
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
ART MOVEMENTS
Northern Renaissance
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THE ARTIST

Hieronymus Bosch

1450–1516 · Northern Low Countries

Hieronymus Bosch, a Dutch painter from the Northern Low Countries, filled his oak panels with fantastic illustrations of religious concepts, from the Garden of Eden to macabre depictions of hell.

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The Garden of Paradise The Garden of Paradise 1495 · Art Institute of Chicago The Conjurer (The Juggler) The Conjurer (The Juggler) 1502 The Adoration of the Magi The Adoration of the Magi Noordbrabants Museum The Last Judgment The Last Judgment 1478 · Art Institute of Chicago Christ Child with a Walking Frame Christ Child with a Walking Frame 1480 · Kunsthistorisches Museum Crucifixion with a Donor Crucifixion with a Donor 1485 · Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium St. John on Patmos St. John on Patmos 1489 · Gemäldegalerie Berlin St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness 1489 · Lázaro Galdiano Museum
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Beyond Bosch and Northern Renaissance: works from the same years.

Portrait of a Musician Same era · 1450s–1480s Portrait of a Musician Leonardo da Vinci · 1485 · Pinacoteca Ambrosiana Virgin and Child with an Angel Same era · 1450s–1480s Virgin and Child with an Angel Sandro Botticelli · 1470 · Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum The Annunciation Same era · 1450s–1480s The Annunciation Johann Koerbecke · 1457 · Art Institute of Chicago Saint Anthony (verso) Same era · 1450s–1480s Saint Anthony (verso) Master of the View of Saint Gudula · 1467 · Bowes Museum The Lamentation Same era · 1450s–1480s The Lamentation Albrecht Dürer · 1477 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Madonna and Child Same era · 1450s–1480s Madonna and Child Giovanni Bellini · 1470 · Musée Fesch Adoration of the Christ Child Same era · 1450s–1480s Adoration of the Christ Child Workshop of Andrea della Robbia · 1479 · Art Institute of Chicago
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