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The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by J. Sadeler after G. van Groeningen. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
The king on the left holds a censer containing frankincense. The kneeling king holds a cup full of round pieces, probably gold. The king on the right, the youngest (Caspar), holds a crown and a container of myrrh. Louis Réau points out that the crown often substitutes for the gold ('Iconographie de l'art chrétien', Paris, 1957, vol. 2, p. 242) In the background, the donkey pulls at some hay and a farmhand feeds the ox; to the right, slaves can be seen on and around a camel. Signs of architectural ruination abound around the scene
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