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The Adoration of the Magi is a piece of Baroque art. This period is known for the over exaggerations used to create drama and intrigue. More about the period, some about Rube

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The Adoration of the Magi is a 1624 oil on canvas painting by Peter Paul Rubens, measuring 447 cm x 336 cm. It was commissioned by Matthæus Yrsselius, abbot of St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp, as an altarpiece, and paid a total of 1,500 guilders. The painting was commissioned after the St. Michael's Abbey burned down in 1620 and is also thought to have been in celebration of St. Michael's Abbey's 500 year anniversary.The painting is now housed in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.

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'The Adoration of the Magi was a popular subject matter of the time often depicting one of the Magi's, or Wise Men's, deep love and respect for the Baby Jesus after his birth. Rubens did four paintings of the same subject for different patrons with all four being entitled Adoration of the Magi, as well. The other iterations of this painting can be found in Lyon, Madrid, and Cambridge. However, despite the detail and elegance of this specific iteration of the Adoration of the Magi the Antwerp addition is not the most well know piece of Rubens and arguably isn't the most know version of Adoration of the Magi.'