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THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI

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Another unfinished work, this was commission­ed by the Augustinia­n monks of San Donato a Scopeto in Florence, but when Leonardo had to leave a year later the painting was left incomplete and remained so upon his death.

The Virgin Mary and child are in the centre, and the painting is particular­ly striking due to its depiction of the pleading old men and armed soldiers surroundin­g them.

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