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on wood panel by

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Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch (; ; born Jheronimus van Aken ; – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch people, Dutch painter from Duchy of Brabant, Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, gene ...

, executed around 1475. It is housed in the

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, US. A prominent feature of this painting is the strong perspective effect and also the copious use of

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, which is not very typical for Bosch. The

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employed are red lake,

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and

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.Hieronymus Bosch, ''The Adoration of the Magi'' (New York)
ColourLex The precise authorship of this panel is and has been disputed, but in 2016 the Bosch Research and Conservation Project attributed it to Bosch based on evidence in the underdrawing.

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