Adoration of the Magi (Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi) Adoration of the Magi (Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi) The Adoration of the Magi is a tondo, or circular painting, of the "Adoration of the Magi" assumed to be that recorded in 1492 in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence as by Fra Angelico. It dates from the mid-15th century and is now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Most art historians think that Filippo Lippi painted more of the original work, and that it was added to some years after by other artists, as well as including work by assistants in the workshops of both the
Adoration of the Magi (Rubens, Antwerp) Adoration of the Magi (Rubens, Antwerp) The Adoration of the Magi is a 1624 oil on canvas painting by Peter Paul Rubens, measuring 218 cm by 280 cm. It was commissioned by Matthæus Yrsselius, abbot of St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp, as an altarpiece, and paid for in two instalments of 750 guilders each in 1624 and 1626. The Virgin Mary is thought to have been modelled on Rubens' first wife Isabella Brant. The painting is now in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. The painting is an important story arc in the comic book album ""De Raap van Rubens""