Adoration of the Magi (Perugino, Trevi)

Adoration of the Magi is a c.1521-22 fresco by Perugino in the Cappella dell'Adorazione dei Magi (also known as the Capella del Presepio) in the Madonna delle Lagrime church in Trevi.

Adoration of the Magi
ArtistPerugino
Year1521-1522
Mediumfresco
LocationMadonna delle Lagrime, Trevi

It shows the Adoration of the Magi. It is signed on the base of the throne:

P E T R U S D E C A S T R O P L E B I S P I N X I T

and inscribed below the throne is this couplet:

TU SOLA IN TERRIS GENITRIX ET VIRGO FUISTI
REGINA IN CELIS TU QUOQUE SOLA MANES.

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Bibliography

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  • (in Italian) Tommaso Valenti, La chiesa monumentale della Madonna delle Lagrime, Rome, Desclée, 1928, p. 160–174.
  • (in Italian) Vittoria Garibaldi, Perugino, in Pittori del Rinascimento, Scala, Florence, 2004 ISBN 888117099X
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