The Adoration of the Magi
Hieronymus Bosch
ca. 1475
Medium
Oil and gold on oak
Dimensions
28 x 22 1/4in. (71.1 x 56.5cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Accession Number
13.26
Tags
CowsDogsAngelsJesusVirgin MaryAdoration of the Magi
About the Artist
Hieronymus Bosch · 1450–1516
Considered the most distinctive and idiosyncratic of 15th-century Netherlandish artists, he produced a body of work remarkable for its depiction of fantastic, often diabolic, creatures, generally moralizing representations of the consequences of sin and folly. He was the first European artist to give free rein to almost uncontrolled association, formal inventivity, and free choice of ideas. Commen...