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The Adoration of the Magi by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1475–1476, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence
Adoration of the Magi

The Adoration of the Magi

c. 1475–1476 · Tempera grassa on wood · Gallerie degli Uffizi / Uffizi Galleries, Firenze

For the Epiphany · 6 January

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image 9.8×8 in on a 10×8 in sheet

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About this painting

An old king kneels and takes the Christ Child's foot in hands wrapped in cloth, and the Uffizi reads the veil as reverence: flesh covered before it touches what is holy. The Child is God and lets His foot be held. Above them a shelter of beams rests on ancient ruins, read as the pagan age giving way to the new. The Uffizi, following Vasari, names the kings as Medici, Cosimo the Elder at the feet, probably Piero in red and Giovanni in white, all three already dead. Gaspare del Lama founded this chapel of the Magi in 1469; Sandro Botticelli paints him grey-haired, in light blue, pointing at himself.

Sources: Uffizi official object page · Elena Capretti, ArtsLife, 6 Jan 2015 · Arteworld.it, "Adorazione dei Magi di Botticelli: analisi"

And entering into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and falling down they adored him: and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Matthew 2:11 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)

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The Record
Date c. 1475–1476
Collection Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence
Subject Adoration of the Magi
Season Epiphany, Christmas
Master 8,571 px
License PD/CC0
Attribution Gallerie degli Uffizi / Uffizi Galleries, Firenze · 1890 no.882

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Alessandro Filipepi known as Sandro Botticelli (Florence 1445-1510)
Date 1470-1475
Medium Tempera grassa on wood
Dimensions 111x137cm
Holding Gallerie degli Uffizi / Uffizi Galleries, Firenze · 1890 no.882

Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.

The file this print is made from

Source Zanobi-Altar.jpg
Master 8,571 px on the long edge
Rights PD/CC0 — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistSandro Botticelli (Italian, c. 1445–1510)
Datec. 1475–1476
MuseumGallerie degli Uffizi / Uffizi Galleries, Firenze
Accession1890 no.882
MediumTempera grassa on wood
Dimensions111x137cm
Sheet sizes8×10 in, 11×14 in, 16×20 in, 18×24 in, 24×36 in
Provenance of the file
Held byGallerie degli Uffizi / Uffizi Galleries, Firenze · 1890 no.882 the museum’s record
Source fileWikimedia Commons · Zanobi-Altar.jpg
LicencePublic domain
Master8,571 × 6,996 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from Wikimedia Commons; held as our print master.

The sheets

8×10 in sheet 10×8 in · image 9.8×8 in · archival margin · 874 dpi
11×14 in sheet 14×11 in · image 13.5×11 in · archival margin · 636 dpi
16×20 in sheet 20×16 in · image 19.6×16 in · archival margin · 437 dpi
18×24 in sheet 24×18 in · image 22.1×18 in · archival margin · 389 dpi
24×36 in sheet 36×24 in · image 29.4×24 in · archival margin · 292 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 8,571 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.