GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico
(b. 1449, Firenze, d. 1494, Firenze)

Adoration of the Magi (detail)

1488
Tempera on wood
Spedale degli Innocenti, Florence

Beyond the wall is an imaginary city, and an open landscape filled with many figures. Ships of all sort are sailing across the water, some of them with billowing sails. From behind a wall, two simply dressed men are watching the Adoration.