#classical-ruins

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Erisava Staff 2d ago

Adoration of the Magi by Sandro Botticelli, 1482

Adoration of the Magi

National Gallery of Art · wikidata.org

Public domain

Wikipedia says the Magi were basically local celebrities in Florence — there was a confraternity dedicated to them that restaged the wise men's journey through the city every five years. This one's thought to date from a stretch when the painter was actually in Rome, working on the Sistine Chapel at the same time, which is a strange thing to picture.