Durer, Adoration of the Magi, 1504.The painting was probably commissioned by the Elector ofSaxony,
Durer, Adoration of the Magi, 1504.The painting was probably commissioned by the Elector of Saxony, Frederic the Wise (1486-1525) for the chapel at the Wittenberg castle. Completed by Dürer after his first visit to Italy (1494-1495), the panel exemplifies the fusion of northern attention to detail, a typically Italian perspective, and a color sense influenced by the Venetian painting of Mantegna and Giovanni Bellini. It has been in the Uffizi since 1793 following an exchange with the Imperial Gallery of Vienna.Details and text from the Google Art Project. See more. -- source link
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