Adoration of the Magi
Cleveland Museum of Art

Adoration of the Magi

Maarten de Vos (Flemish, 1532–1603) · c. 1590

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash; traces of transfer
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

In this depiction of the adoration of the magi, the magi furthest back is portrayed as African, a not uncommon but by no means universal 16th-century interpretation of the magi’s origins.

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