The Adoration of the Magi The Adoration of the Magi, The Adoration of the Magi. Mary sits with the Christ child on her lap, the kings on either side. The child grabs for a golden cup. On the left the decayed walls of the stable, on the right the result of the kings. As decorations on the column of a gate: the dream of the donor of Pharaoh, the Tiburtine sibyl with emperor Augustus, the three heroes offer water to King David from the enemy source and the tree of Jesse present their gifts to the Christ-child, the arrival of the three Wise Men in Bethlehem, the butler's dream: the grape-vine


The Adoration of the Magi The Adoration of the Magi, The Adoration of the Magi. Mary sits with the Christ child on her lap, the kings on either side. The child grabs for a golden cup. On the left the decayed walls of the stable, on the right the result of the kings. As decorations on the column of a gate: the dream of the donor of Pharaoh, the Tiburtine sibyl with emperor Augustus, the three heroes offer water to King David from the enemy source and the tree of Jesse present their gifts to the Christ-child, the arrival of the three Wise Men in Bethlehem, the butler's dream: the grape-vine with three branches whose fruit the butler squeezes into the king's cup, the Tiburtine sibyl and Augustus: the sibyl reveals to the emperor a vision of the Madonna in heaven, three of David's heroes draw water out of the well of Bethlehem, during their stay in the cave Adullam, David pours the water out, tree of Jesse: genealogical tree showing Christ's ancestors, sprouting from Jesse's loins, Jan Jansz Mostaert, Haarlem, c. 1520 - c. 1525, panel, oil paint (paint), support: h 51 cm × w cm t cm painted surface: h cm × w 34 cm


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