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Depicting the Magi: origins, gifts and representing men of colour

Posted on 25/02/201913/05/2022 by Leslie Primo
Gerard David, Adoration of the Kings, National Gallery, London, 1515–1523

This essay will attempt to unravel the myth and the iconography behind the proliferation of the story of the adoration of the magi from its Eastern and pagan roots to its current Christian interpretation.  To aid my examination of this story, and to trace the changes in iconography and depictions of the kings themselves, I shall […]

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