# Adoration of the Magi [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [OSONA, Francisco de]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on panel, 165 x 150 cm ## Commentary Adoration of the Magi c. 1510 Oil on panel, 165 x 150 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London The panel was most likely originally part of a larger altarpiece, the missing upper corners suggesting it had a curved top. It shows the Adoration of the Magi with the Holy Family \(The Virgin, Child and Joseph\) on the right and the Magi on the left, one of them kneeling in prayer before the Virgin and Child. The kneeling magus may be a portrait of Ferdinand II of Aragon, King of Spain \(1452-1516\). The inclusion of portraits of rulers in religious works was not rare during the late middle ages and the Renaissance. The plausible likeness of Ferdinand II suggests that it was made for a royal foundation prior to the king's death in 1516. ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()