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Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Adoration of the Magi in the snow

Pieter Bruegel the Elder ca. 1520 – 1569

The Adoration of the Magi in the snow

tempera on panel (35 × 55 cm) — 1567
Oskar Reinhart Collection, Winterthur

Pieter Bruegel the Elder biography

This work is linked to Matthew 2:11

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The true topic of this remarkable work seems to be the Flemish village and the hustle and bustle of daily life, not the three Magi figuring to the left as mere extra’s in the scene.

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