The Adoration of the Magi, Oil on wood, 27 1/8 x 21 1/2 in. (68.9 x 54.6 cm), Paintings, Netherlandish (Antwerp Mannerist) Painter (ca. 1520), The Adoration of the Magi was a favorite theme in Antwerp Mannerist painting, which emerged in the first quarter of the sixteenth century and is characterized by its extravagant and theatrical style. Showing a preference for flamboyant gestures, exotic costumes, and eccentric color effects, works such as the present picture were frequently mass-produced for sale on Antwerp’s open art market and for export to southern Europe
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Adoration, Magi, Oil, wood, 27 1/8 x 21 1/2, 68.9 54.6 cm, Paintings, Netherlandish, Antwerp Mannerist, Painter, ca., 1520, favorite theme, painting, emerged, first quarter, sixteenth century, characterized, extravagant, theatrical style, Showing, preference, flamboyant gestures, exotic costumes, eccentric color, effects, works, present picture, frequently mass-produced, sale, Antwerp, open, art, market, export, southern Europe
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