Adoration of the Magi

Adoration of the Magi (Velázquez)

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The Adoration of the Magi

Artist	Diego Velázquez
Year	1619
Type	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	204 cm × 126.5 cm (80 in × 49.8 in)
Location	Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Adoration of the Magi is a 1619 Baroque painting by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez now held in the Museo del Prado. It shows two white kings and one black king presenting gifts to the Christ child. The child in the painting, however, is not Jesus Christ but Velasquez's own daughter. The woman holding the child, represented as the Virgin Mary, is the artist's wife and the three Magi stand in for the males within the immediate family, including himself.

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Paintings	Adoration of the Magi Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan Christ Crucified Christ in the House of Martha and Mary Coronation of the Virgin Doña Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós and Her Son Don Luis Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares Equestrian Portrait of Elisabeth of France Equestrian Portrait of Margarita of Austria Equestrian Portrait of Philip III Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV Equestrian Portrait of Prince Balthasar Charles The Farmers' Lunch Female Figure The Jester Barbarroja The Jester Calabacillas The Jester Don Diego de Acedo The Jester Named Don John of Austria Joseph's Tunic Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress Jerónima de la Asunción La mulata The Lady with a Fan Las Hilanderas Las Meninas The Lunch Mars Resting The Needlewoman Old Woman Cooking Eggs Philip IV in Brown and Silver Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares Portrait of Don Luis de Góngora Portrait of Francisco Lezcano Portrait of Innocent X Portrait of Juan de Pareja Portrait of Juan Martínez Montañés Portrait of the Infante Don Carlos Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain Portrait of a Man Portrait of Maria Anna Portrait of Pablo de Valladolid Portrait of Philip IV in Armour Portrait of Philip IV in Fraga Portrait of Prince Philip Prospero Portrait of Sebastián de Morra Prince Balthasar Charles as a Hunter Prince Balthasar Charles With a Dwarf Rokeby Venus San Pablo The Surrender of Breda Temptation of St. Thomas The Triumph of Bacchus The Waterseller of Seville

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