A very densely-packed version of this scene features a zigzagging pink wall surrounding a black-and-white striped cathedral and other Sienese landmarks in its upper left corner.
A very densely-packed version of this scene features a zigzagging pink wall surrounding a black-and-white striped cathedral and other Sienese landmarks in its upper left corner. In a painting of this scene found in the Met, two men lean in through a window to warm their hands over a small fire of sticks while five red-and-yellow angels drape a green fabric over the open roof of a decaying castle. In addition to those versions by Bartolo di Fredi and Hieronymous Bosch, this scene was depicted in front of the crumbling Basilica of Maxentius in an unfinished painting intended for the monastery of San Donato a Scopeto by Leonardo da Vinci. Guasparredi Zanobi del Lama commissioned a version of this scene set beneath a makeshift roof atop some ruins in which a central group of figures bear the faces of Piero, Cosimo, and Lorenzo di Medici; that version was painted by Botticelli. For 10 points, name this common Biblical scene involving three holy men bringing gifts to an infant Jesus.
A very densely-packed version of this scene features a zigzagging pink wall surrounding a black-and-white striped cathedral and other Sienese landmarks in its upper left corner.
Adoration of the Magi [or Epiphany; prompt on Adoration; do not accept or prompt on "Adoration of the Shepherds"]