Adoration of the Magi
c. 1481 (unfinished) · Charcoal, watercolour, ink and oil on panel · Uffizi Gallery, Florence
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About this work
- Artist
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519)
- Year
- c. 1481 (unfinished)
- Medium
- Charcoal, watercolour, ink and oil on panel
- Original size
- 243 × 246 cm
- Collection
- Uffizi Gallery, Florence
- Movement
- Renaissance
The Virgin and Child sit at the centre of a whirling crowd of kings, shepherds and horsemen, with ruined arches and fighting riders in the distance and, at the far right, a young man looking out who is usually taken for Leonardo himself. The monks of San Donato a Scopeto commissioned the altarpiece in 1481; Leonardo left for Milan the following year and never finished it, and what survives is the underdrawing and brown underpainting, a composition sketched in charcoal, ink, watercolour and thin oil on a panel more than two metres square. It is the most ambitious work of his first Florentine period and the point where the quiet of Verrocchio's workshop gives way to the storm of figures that would fill his later drawings. The Uffizi returned it to view in 2017 after a six-year cleaning.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A whirling crowd of kings and horsemen around the Virgin in warm browns and ochre, an unfinished masterpiece for a study, library or hallway at 24×36 in natural wood. Cream, stone or terracotta walls suit the monochrome; pair it with The Baptism of Christ.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Renaissance painting
- Era
- 15th century (c. 1481 (unfinished))
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
