Artwork
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi is an oil painting by the Mannerist artist Benvenuto Tisi. It dates from 1530 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Overview
The work titled *Adoration of the Magi* is an oil painting on panel executed in the 1530s by Italian Renaissance painter Benvenuto Tisi. It is presently held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, where it is displayed among the museum’s holdings of Northern European and Italian art.
Technique & Style
Tisi employed the oil medium on a wooden support, a common practice among early sixteenth‑century Italian artists. The painting reflects the compositional conventions of the period, arranging the biblical figures in a balanced, narrative tableau that emphasizes linear perspective and careful modelling of light and shadow.
History & Provenance
Created in the 1530s, the canvas entered the Rijksmuseum’s collection through acquisition in the twentieth century, joining other works that illustrate the diffusion of Italian Renaissance styles into Northern European collections. Its provenance prior to museum ownership remains documented only by the museum’s acquisition records.
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Artist
Benvenuto Tisi (Italian: ; 1481 – September 6, 1559), also known as Il Garofalo (Italian: ), was a Late-Renaissance-Mannerist Italian painter of the School of Ferrara.
