# Adoration of the Magi [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MASACCIO]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Tempera on poplar, 21 x 61 cm ## Commentary This painting is the central predella panel of the Pisa Altarpiece, directly beneath the enthroned Madonna and Child. Compared to Gentile da Fabriano's <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/gentile/adormagi/adormag.html'\)" HREF="/html/g/gentile/adormagi/adormag.html">painting of the same subject</A> done in Florence just a few years before, Masaccio's treatment is entirely new. Besides offering lifelike portraits of the patron and his nephew in contemporary dress at the middle right, he has given the entire scene a convincing atmosphere which surrounds the figures and the landscape. In the distance, the atmosphere breaks down the clarity of the forms resulting in an effect which is referred to as aerial perspective. ## Related artworks - [Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane \(detail\)]() - [Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane \(detail\)]() - [Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane]() - [Crucifixion of St Peter]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci \(left view\)]() - [Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci \(left view\)]() - [Frescoes in the Cappella Brancacci \(right view\)]() - [Madonna and Child with St Anne]() - [Madonna with Child and Angels]() - [Medallion]() - [Plate of Nativity \(Berlin Tondo\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()