CUADRO X

 

RUBENS, Adoration of the Magi (1628)

Rubens painted this canvas in 1609 but then, between 1628 and 1629, he finished it during his second trip to Spain. Now it is in The Prado museum in Madrid. It is a baroque painting.

The Adoration of the Magi is the name traditionally given to the theme of the Nativity of Jesus in art in which the three magi, represented as kings, found Jesus by following a star, laying before him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh and worshipping him. It is related in the Bible by Matthew 2:11.

It is one of the biggest painting in the Prado museum (355,5 cm × 493 cm). It is very colourfull at the right Rubens draw himself riding a horse with a sword and a golden chain.

In the church calendar this event is commemorated as the Feast of the Epiphany (6 of January).