Flemish school, 17th century. "The Adoration of the Magi". Oil on copper. Measurements: 53,5 x 46 cm; 76 x 69 cm (frame). Painting of Flemish school, which is shown by the qualities printed on the sumptuous clothes, as well as the rich choreography that compose the variety of characters characterised with ingenious naturalism. The vivid agitation of the figures and the arch in the background opening towards a wide sky in which a star shines out, recall the solutions applied by Rubens to the same subject (canvas in the Museo del Prado). As in the Flemish master s painting, a clear night illuminates the scene and the light seems to emanate from the bodies, especially the bodies of Jesus, Mary and the kneeling King Melchior. But the other figures also have a personality of their own. Enraptured, they carry myrrh and incense. Their cloaks shine like satin and fine silk, as do the soldiers helmets. A great variety of human types come to Bethlehem. This painting is fully in keeping with the Baroque style, notable for the painstaking attention to detail, the use of contrasts of light and the varied range of facial expressions.