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The Adoration of the Magi

Albrecht Dürer

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a black and white woodcut of a scene. The scene features a group of people gathered around a manger with a baby. The people are dressed in robes and some wear head coverings. Three men on the left side are kneeling. One man on the right holds a baby and looks down at it. A woman sits beside him. A donkey and cow are to the right. There is a stone building with arches and a roof on the right. There are three flying angels above. A star shines in the sky on the top left. A dog is on the bottom left. The background shows a landscape with trees and a distant town.

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636 × 893 px
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