# Adoration of the Magi [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DAVID, Gerard]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Panel, 124 x 166 cm ## Commentary This painting is based on a lost composition of Hugo van der Goes. The kings approach the newborn and his mother in adoration keeping their distance. The composition is thus divided into two halves, which are connected by the sheaf of cereals in the foreground, symbolizing the sacrament of the Eucharist, which mediates between God and man. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Kings \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Kings]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Altarpiece of St Michael]() - [Altarpiece of St Michael]() - [Breviary of Isabella of Castile]() - [Canon Bernardinus de Salviatis with Three Saints]() - [Christ Nailed to the Cross]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Forest scenes]() - [Grimani Breviary: Mary Magdalen Penitent]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()