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 (Dürer) Adoration of the Magi (Dürer) The Adoration of the Magi is a 1504 oil-on-wood painting by Albrecht Dürer. It was commissioned by Frederick the Wise for the altar of the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg, and is considered one of Dürer's best and most important works from the period between his first and second trips to Italy (1494-5 and 1505). The second king is a selfportrait of Dürer .¨This painting was very influential for other Renaissance painters like Pieter Coecke van Aelst. In 1603 Christian II of Saxony presented the painting as a gift to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. It