The Adoration of the Magi altarpiece is a small Gothic boxwood miniature, made in the Netherlands c.1500–1530, attributed to the workshop of Adam Dircksz (also known by the Latin name Adam Theodrici or Adam Theodrisi, a common misspelling when referring to his name). Such rarefied and highly ornate objects were intended for private devotion, tand took, by modern art historian estimates, decades to complete, periods equivalent to the entire career of a medieval master carver. Although it is not known how many of these late 15th and early 16th century sculptures were produced, only some 150 examples survive, and they were highly sought after by the upper echelon of collectors in the 19th century.