Keywords: Girolamo da Santacroce - The Adoration of the Three Kings - Walters 37261.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18748566 Creator Girolamo da Santacroce Three wise men or magi from the East are described in the Gospels as having seen a new star and journeyed to pay tribute to the child marked as divine by the heavens The wise men were often depicted as kings and by the Renaissance the youngest was frequently depicted as an African here holding a gold vessel containing myrrh a precious resin from Arabia and Africa used for perfume His portrayal reflects both the ethnic diversity encountered by Renaissance painters in a port like Venice frequented by African traders and also the concept of Christ's promise of salvation for all people The splendor of the kings contrasts with the simplicity of the Holy Family Chubby little angels sing the words inscribed on the scroll Glory to God in Heaven and Peace to Men on Earth accompanied by others playing flutes and a violin Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 276 403-404 ca 1525 1530 Renaissance oil on panel Painted surface incl strip at bottom; d is excl cradle cm 67 7 81 2 0 8 with frame cm 92 08 105 41 6 99 accession number 37 261 12854 Pinacoteca Manfrin Venice prior to September 1872 cat no 51 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 GLORIA IN \ ALTISIMI \ DEO \ ET IN TERA \ PASE FRAGIL \ OMENI Glory to God in Heaven and Peace to Men on Earth place of origin Venice Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Girolamo da Santacroce Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |