a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

The Adoration of the Kings
Artist: Jan Gossaert
 1510-1515    Painting

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The Adoration of the Kings  throws together some thirty figures on an architectural background, varied in detail, massive in shape and fanciful in ornament. This painting is now on display at the National Gallery, which bought it in 1911. Gossaert surprises the viewer with pompous costume and flaring contrasts of tone. His figures are often rigid and conventional. The landscape which shows through the colonnades is adorned with towers and steeples.  

The Adoration of the Kings
Artist: Gerard David
 1515    Painting

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The Adoration of the Magi or Adoration of the Kings or Visitation of the Wise Men is the name traditionally given to the subject in the Nativity of Jesus in art in which the three Magi, represented as kings, especially in the West, having found Jesus by following a star, lay before him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and worship him. It is related in the Bible by Matthew 2:11: "On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

National Gallery in London