Adoration of the Magi

Author:     Painted in: Vinci 1452-Amboise 1519    Framework: Tempera mixed with oil with parts in red or greenish lacquer, and white lead, 243x246    Located in: Leonardo Room

Commissioned by the monks of San Donato at Scopeto in 1481, it was left unfinished when Leonardo set off for Milan. At the Uffizi since 1670.

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A name that needs no introduction, Leonardo was the archetypal Renaissance man; a painter, sculptor, scientist, mathematician, inventor, musician and writer. He is known foremost as a painter, with...Read more