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Adoration of the Magi Diego Velázquez, 1619
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Adoration of the Magi

Diego Velázquez · 1619

Why it's great

The three kings bring gifts to the baby Jesus in a close, dark room, with Mary holding him. Diego Velázquez painted it in 1619, when he was 20, and he used his own family as models.

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📍 Museo del PradoMadrid, Spain

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About the artist

Diego Velázquez

1599–1660 · born in Seville · died in Madrid

Diego Velázquez was a Spanish painter born in Seville in 1599. He moved to Madrid as a young man and became the court painter to King Philip IV, painting portraits such as Las Meninas that are among the greatest in the world. He died in Madrid in 1660.

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