Photographs

Adoration of the Magi

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1864
Accession number: 2000.5.2041
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 4 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (12.4 x 9.8 cm.) mount: 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (28.6 x 18.4 cm.)
Medium: photograph
Description: Mary, seated at left, with Christ child on knee, Joseph behind; one of Magi, bareheaded, wearing decorated gown, kneels in front of Virgin, reaching out to infant; behind him kneel a king and queen, holding gifts and, beyond, angels with crossed wings appearing between pillars.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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