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| Keywords: Elisabeth van Langenhove - Adoration of the Magi - Walters 37254.jpg Wise men from the East in the Gospel of Matthew's account of Christ's birth saw a new star and believing it to be a divine omen came to honor the one marked for future greatness Whether extraordinary appearances must be divinely ordained or could be random was a hot question in the 1600s By the Renaissance the youngest wise man had come to be depicted as an African Pieter Coecke traveled to Constantinople present-day Istanbul in 1533 to work for the Turkish sultan From this experience he knew how to depict Near Easterners and Africans accurately between 1540 1549 Renaissance oil on panel cm 100 3 137 1 accession number 37 254 18300 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Inscription On frame notes that this piece was commissioned by Elisabeth van Langenhove place of origin Brussels Belgium Walters Art Museum license Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Paintings of the Adoration of the Magi | ||||
