Adoration of the Magi ☷ Bosch ☴ Canvas windmills Heard the sounds of a

Heard the sounds of a reed instrument

partly because newly invented pigments

and the German title when first exhibited was Der Schrei der Natur (The Scream of Nature)

leading towards Heaven

with the pair in the foreground

Adoration of the Magi ☷ Bosch ☴ Canvas windmills Heard the sounds of aThe Adoration of the Magi (1475) by Hieronymus Bosch is an unusual depiction of a popular religious theme, the three magi bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the Virgin Mary and Christ Child (Matthew 2: 11). It is staged in the contemporary ruins of a medieval castle, and contrasts the extraordinary wealth of the magi with poor peasants and shepherds. Various onlookers, including an ox and a dog, observe the scene underneath a curtain