The Adoration of the Magi, Jan Mostaert, between 1520 and 1525

The adoration of the kings. Mary sits with the christ child on her lap, the kings on either side. The child reaches for a gold cup. On the left the dilapidated walls of the stable, on the right the retinue of the kings. As decorations on the column of a gate: the dream of pharaoh's cupbearer, the tiburtine sibyl with emperor augustus, the three heroes offering king david water from the enemy well and the tree of jesse. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: between 1520 and 1525. Place of creation: Haarlem. Dimensions: drager Height: 51 cm (20 in) drager Width: 36.5 cm (14.3 in) Dikte: 1.3 cm (0.5 in) beschilderd oppervlak Height: 48.5 cm (19 in) beschilderd oppervlak Width: 34 cm (13.3 in). Medium: oil on panel. Depicted People: biblical Magi, Virgin Mary, Christ Child. Collection: Rijksmuseum. De aanbidding van de koningen Rijksmuseum SK-A-671 (croppedJesse)