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  1. The #AdorationOfTheMagi or #AdorationOfTheKings or Visitation of the Wise Men is the name traditionally given to the subject in the #NativityOfJesusInArt in which the #threeMagi, represented as kings, especially in the West, having found Jesus by following a #star, lay before him gifts of #gold, #frankincense, and #myrrh, and worship him. It is related in the Bible by #Matthew211: "On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then.

  2. Today's pick: Triptych with the Birth, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Presentation in the Temple (1470's) - Hans Memling. #art #Memling #AdorationOfTheMagi

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