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Explore the exhibition 'Castiglione: Lost Genius' at The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh opening November 2014.
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GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE (1609-64)

The Adoration of the Magi

c. 1650-55

RCIN 904036

A drawing of the Three Kings in their exotic garb, two of them kneeling as they present their gifts to the Christ Child held in the lap of the Virgin seated on the right, with St Joseph by their side. Various figures crowd in to the left of the Magi, two of them mounted, and another holding the leashes of hounds.

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