Where to See Adoration of the Kings: Museo del Prado, Madrid

Diego Velázquez painted the Adoration of the Kings, showing the Magi visiting the infant Christ. Velázquez brought naturalistic observation to traditional religious subjects.

His handling of light and texture is masterful. This work is at the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

You can see it at Museo del Prado, Madrid in Madrid, Spain. Diego Velázquez created it. Velázquez brought naturalistic observation to traditional religious subjects.

Diego Velázquez created this Spanish Baroque work You can see it at Museo del Prado, Madrid. Velázquez brought naturalistic observation to traditional religious subjects.

Velázquez painted this early in his career around 1619, before becoming court painter to Philip IV. The naturalistic faces suggest he used real people from Seville as models for the biblical figures.

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