Sujet
The Adoration of the Magi; Book of Hours, about 1415-1420. Creators: Boucicaut Master, Workshop of the Boucicaut Master.
Légende
The Adoration of the Magi; Book of Hours, about 1415-1420. Additional Info: Three sumptuously robed kings arrive from the East to present gifts to the newborn "King of the Jews." The anonymous illuminator of this miniature showed the three kings in successive stages of approach to the Christ child. The oldest, closest to the child, has already removed his crown and kneels before Jesus and Mary. The next is in the process of removing his crown and is starting to kneel. The last--the youngest--still stands and wears his crown. By showing the kings in this way, the illuminator created an image that fully presented the Adoration, from the arrival of the kings to the bestowing of the gifts. This treatment creates the impression of a formal ceremony of presentation entirely in keeping with the taste for courtly ceremony in the art of the 1400s.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM24A74_310
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
40,0Mo (4,6Mo) / 25,8cm x 38,8cm / 3051 x 4580 (300dpi)