The infant Jesus grabs at the gold offered to him by the Magi. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

  • Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.
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22186i
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The three kings often represented the division of the world into three racial kingdoms: Europe (Melchior, the oldest, who offers the money), Africa (Balthazar, offering myrrh) and Asia (Caspar, who is here symbolically and racially indistinct)

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Antwerp : Gillis Hendricx excudit cum privilegio regis

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1 print : line engraving ; image 42.5 x 31.8 cm

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Et procidentes adoraverunt eum. Math. 2. P. Paulus Rubbens pinxit. S.a. Bolswert fecit

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Wellcome Collection 22186i

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