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| Keywords: William Stetter - Adoration of the Three Kings - Walters 372619.jpg The wise men who according to the Gospels came from the East to adore the Christ Child and acknowledge his divinity were often depicted as kings underscoring the importance of their homage The star that they followed is in the upper left corner The oldest king a regal European kneels before the Child and his mother The middle-aged Turkish potentate wearing a turban looks back through the doorway in the ruin where the holy family has taken refuge toward the youngest ruler a vigorous young African attired in elegant 16th-century German fashion His facial features are more individualized than those of the other two and it may be that he is based on a study made from life In the distance some of the kings' followers ride horses with very long necks surely the artist's attempt at camels The painter has created a kind of stage set for his drama using a perspective system made popular by his famous fellow countryman Albrecht Dürer The receding lines marked out in the masonry go back more or less to one point the hand of the man in the doorway at center 1526 Early Modern oil on panel Overall cm 87 3 54 ; Framed 37 7/8 x 24 7/16 x 2 3/8 96 2 x 62 07 x 6 03 cm accession number 37 2619 29860 Sara D Redmond Oyster Bay New York by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Bequest of Sara D Redmond 1985 place of origin Strasbourg Germany Walters Art Museum license 2D William Stetter 1526 paintings Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum 16th-century religious paintings in the United States 16th-century paintings of the Adoration of the Magi 16th-century oil on panel paintings in the United States 1520s paintings in the United States 1520s religious paintings 1520s paintings from Germany | ||||
