Adoration of the Magi, 1470–1480, Made in Upper Rhine, Germany, German, Cartapesta (papier maché) with polychromy and gilding, 11 7/16 × 8 13/16 × 1 3/4 in. (29 × 22.4 × 4.5 cm), Sculpture, Cartapesta (papier maché) was an important though humble medium for sculpture in the late middle ages and the Renaissance. Due to its inherent fragility, few examples survive. Depicting the Adoration of the Magi, this relief is eloquent testimony of the transmission of artistic ideas at the end of the middle ages
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Adoration, Magi, 1470–1480, Upper Rhine, Germany, German, Cartapesta, papier maché, polychromy, gilding, 11 7/16, 8 13/16, 1 3/4, 29, 22.4, 4.5 cm, Sculpture, important, humble, medium, sculpture, late middle, ages, Renaissance, Due, inherent fragility, examples survive, Depicting, relief, eloquent testimony, transmission, artistic ideas, middle ages
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