Biblical Art


Artwork:
Adoration of the Magi, The
Date:
1353
Technique:
Tempera and gold on panel
Location:
National Galleries of Scotland
Notes:
The two female St.s are identified by their attributes as St. Catherine with the wheel and St. Ursula accompanied by a few of the eleven thousand companions (with whom, according to her legend, she was martyred). This painting was originally the left panel of a diptych hinged in the middle; the related panel, painted with Christ mourned by St.s, is now in the Fondazione Longhi, Florence.
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