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The Three Magi

Lindenwood, polychromy, gilding

German, Swabia

ca. 1515-20

 

As the first believers in Christ, the three kings from the East bearing gifts:

Melchior offers a box of thirty gold coins; Balthasar presents frankincense; and Gaspar gives a round censer filled with myrrh.

 

Metropolitan Museum of Art

NYC

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