Adoration of the Magi, Pieter Coecke van Aelst

"wise men from the east," in the gospel of matthew's account of christ's birth, saw a new star and, believing it to be a divine omen, came to honor the one marked for future greatness. Whether extraordinary appearances must be divinely ordained or could be random was a "hot" question in the 1600s. By the renaissance, the youngest wise man had come to be depicted as an african. Pieter coecke traveled to constantinople (present-day istanbul) in 1533 to work for the turkish sultan. From this experience, he knew how to depict near easterners and africans accurately. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: between 1540 and 1549 (Renaissance). Place of creation: Brussels, Belgium. Dimensions: height: 100.3 cm (39.4 in); width: 137.1 cm (53.9 in). Medium: oil on panel. Depicted People: Christ Child. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Elisabeth van Langenhove - Adoration of the Magi - Walters 37254

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Author: Pieter Coecke van Aelst and workshop (1502–1550)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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