The Master of Perea, a contemporary in Valencia of the painters Paolo de San Leocadio, Bartolomé Bermejo, Rodrigo de Osona and his son Francisco among others, is characterised by his mastery of the oil technique and his interest in the depiction of detail of a clearly northern type, as in the present Adoration of the Magi.

As in other compositions by the Master of Perea, this panel is notable for the treatment of the figures with an almost minimal spatial concept. Like the two paintings on the same subject by this artist (former Esclasans collection, 96 x 78 cm; and the one in the Altarpiece of the Three Kings in the Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia) this image includes a carpet, an element also found in panels by Joan Reixach.

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