An Unsilent Night
Rubens’s Adoration of the Magi is a noisy masterpiece that melds religion and politics
3 min readDec 22, 2022
Peter-Paul Rubens’s gigantic painting loudly contradicts the folkloric silent night.
This typically muscular painting by the Flemish master is deafening. The Holy Family greet a huge commotion when the Magi arrive to offer gifts to the divine king of Christian…