Adoration of the Magi

adoration of the Magi 

Colors in this work

Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Date: 1504
Medium: panel; oil paint
Holding institution: Uffizi Gallery
Palette: Sooted Timber · Brown family · #501F0B · 20%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #050412 · 16%

Amber Varnish · Orange family · #B87C39 · 12%

Lapis Dust · Blue family · #345986 · 9%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #905A25 · 9%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #784115 · 6%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #140801 · 5%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #E1B178 · 4%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #1B3459 · 4%

Lampblack · Black family · #11050C · 3%

Iron Rosette · Red family · #8F1B12 · 3%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #353518 · 2%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #2D1F18 · 2%

Blue Rag Paper · Blue family · #88A0C0 · 2%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #9C8976 · <1%

Slate Night · Black family · #233029 · <1%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #143375 · <1%

Ultramarine Altar · Blue family · #1454AE · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Uffizi Gallery

11 tags

Bible Story Both · 99%

The title identifies the biblical Adoration of the Magi, and the image shows the Virgin, Christ Child, and three visiting figures presenting ornate vessels and gifts.
Deities and Holy Figures Both · 96%

The title and visible figures identify a devotional scene centered on the Virgin and Christ Child.
Landscapes Visual · 94%

A substantial background landscape includes trees, hills, a bridge, architecture, and a distant settlement beyond the foreground group.

Renaissance Art Interpretive · 88%

The 1504 date, subject, and carefully articulated naturalistic figures and setting support a Renaissance classification; the supplied museum metadata does not list a style.

Highly Detailed Visual · 98%

The image contains finely rendered masonry, timber, textiles, jewelry, vessels, vegetation, animals, architecture, and distant figures.
Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 94%

Deep blue, red, green, and gold are prominently contrasted across the sky, garments, vessels, and architectural setting.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum metadata classifies the work as a painting.
Oil on Panel Metadata · 99%

The museum metadata specifies panel and oil paint.
Long Distance and Deep Distance Visual · 89%

The composition moves from the close foreground figures through the ruined structure toward a distant bridge, riders, and hilltop settlement.

16th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to 1504, placing it in the sixteenth century.

Christian Art and Architecture Both · 97%

The work depicts a Christian biblical narrative involving the Virgin and Christ Child.

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