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Adoration of the Magi

c. 1590
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash; traces of transfer

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

In this depiction of the adoration of the magi, the magi furthest back is portrayed as African, a not uncommon but by no means universal 16th-century interpretation of the magi’s origins.

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