The Three Magi, Fragment of an Adoration of the Christ Child, Three Kings of which only the upper part is preserved, lean over to the left. Melchior looks down (towards the child), in the left hand he carries a jar with a lid decorated with grunts. Balthasar, in front of a brick wall, looks around and holds the left arm diagonally. Caspar turned the left arm to the right and the other to the top, apparently to keep the camel behind him by the reins. Melchior wears a mantle that is turned to the right in front of the chest and which hangs over the left forearm with a slip, on his head a crown, around which a curvature, the youthful-looking Balthasar a yak with a row of buttons closed at the front with a turned collar and a helmet-shaped, leathery-looking headpiece around the head. Caspar with a 'metal' band around the neck has an open yoke with peckdill marks on the shoulders, the lower sleeves are turned over and fastened with a loop to a button on the upper sleeve. A knotted band around the head., anonymous, Utrecht, c. 1550 - c. 1560, oak (wood), gilding, h 28.5 cm × w 56.5 cm × d 11.5 cm
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Three Magi, Fragment, Adoration, Christ Child, Three Kings, upper part, preserved, lean, left, Melchior looks down, towards, child, left hand, carries, jar, lid decorated, grunts, Balthasar, front, brick wall, looks, holds, left arm diagonally, Caspar turned, left arm, right, top, apparently, keep, camel, reins, Melchior wears, mantle, turned, chest, hangs, left forearm, slip, head, crown, curvature, youthful-looking Balthasar, yak, row, buttons closed, turned collar, helmet-shaped, leathery-looking headpiece, Caspar, metal' band, neck, open yoke, peckdill marks, shoulders, lower sleeves, fastened, loop, button, upper sleeve, knotted band, Utrecht, c, 1550, 1560, oak, wood, gilding
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