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George Bothamley
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Sandro Botticelli’s adoration scene is one of the most beautiful paintings from great man’s early career.

Adoration of the Magi - 1475

Completed when he was around 30 years old - it takes as inspiration the biblical narrative of Three Magi following a star to Bethlehem to worship the new born Jesus.

And in fact, this would be a theme Botticelli would ret…

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