The Adoration of the Magi is an unfinished early painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was given the commission by the Augustinian monks of San Donato in Scopeto [it] in Florence in 1481, but he departed for Milan the following year, leaving the painting unfinished.

The Adoration of the Magi is perhaps one of Leonardo da Vinci's strangest and most fertile compositions. By combining figures of pleading old men and armed horsemen, he transformed a banal biblical subject into a scene from human history.

A Medici commission believed to be the work of Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi, The Adoration of the Magi (c. 1440/1460) is a colorful depiction of the moment when the three kings, led by a miraculous star, discovered the Christ child.

The Adoration of the Magi (Italian: Adorazione dei Magi) is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli.

Every five years a spectacular parade through the city streets re-enacted the kings’ journey to meet the infant Jesus. This brilliantly colored, richly decorated circular panel presents a splendid vision of the arrival of the Magi, accompanied by a courtly entourage.

Sandro Botticelli, a Florentine, painted several versions of the theme of the Adoration of the Magi. The Magi, or wise men, were particularly venerated in Florence, as one of the city's leading religious confraternities was dedicated to them.

The painting, which Leonardo undertook to finish within 30 months, had the Adoration of the Magi as its subject, i.e., the celebration of the feast of the Epiphany when, according to St Augustine, all people respond to the call of Christ.

Oct 22, 2018 · In 1481 the Augustinian monks from the monastery of San Donato a Scopeto commissioned a young painter, son of the monks’ notary, to paint an Adoration of the Magi for the main altar of their church.

In 1481 Leonardo was commissioned to paint an altarpiece for the Monks of San Doneto a Scopeto in Florence. The theme was the "Adoration of the Magi", and the contract required delivery of the painting within 24 months with an extension for a further 6 months if required.

The Adoration of the Magi was left unfinished, however it is a work of great conceptual and formal complexity. Probably inspired by the prophecy of Isaiah,...