The Adoration of the Magi was commissioned for the altar of the monastery of San Donato a Scopeto, near Florence. Leonardo agreed to paint it within two-and-a-half years, on the understanding that ...

(Maurizio Degl' Innocenti/ANSA via AP) Uffizi museum manager Erik Smith gestures as Leonardo da Vinci’s "Adoration of the Three Wise Men" is returned to the public after 6 years of study and ...

The broadly expansive composition depicts the Adoration of the Magi, telling the story of the three wise men, or Magi, who traveled great distances to honor the child Jesus in Bethlehem.

Gentile da Fabriano’s “Adoration of the Magi” at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence depicts the journey of the three kings (Melchior, Balthazar and Caspar) to pay homage to the newborn Christ ...

FLORENCE, ITALY—The unfinished Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece “Adoration of the Magi” has emerged from a six-year restoration cleaner and brighter. The large, nearly square oil painting ...

The Adoration of the Magi was commissioned for the altar of the monastery of San Donato a Scopeto, near Florence. Leonardo agreed to paint it within two-and-a-half years, on the understanding that ...

FLORENCE, Italy -- Leonardo da Vinci's unfinished masterpiece "Adoration of the Magi" has emerged from a six-year restoration cleaner, brighter and with a depth that hasn't been seen for centuries.

A favored subject among Antwerp Mannerist artists was the Adoration of the Magi, for it allowed artists to indulge in depictions of rich, exotic costumes as well as elaborate architectural settings.

Visitors take pictures of Leonardo da Vinci's "Adoration of the Three Wise Men", returned to the public of the Uffizi museum after 6 years of study and restoration, in Florence, Italy, Monday ...