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The Three Magi: Melchior

c. 1615

Jacques Bellange

(French, c. 1575–1616)
Culture
France, 17th century
Medium
etching
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1985.52
Catalogue raisonné
Walch 28
State
I/II
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Bellange portrayed each of the three Magi—Balthasar, Melchior, and Caspar—as a single-figure print.
A vertically oriented etching in black ink depicts Melchior, a man with a light skin tone, seen from behind. Shaded with dense hatching and draped in a heavy, dark, floor-length coat beneath a gathered light-colored mantle, he stands facing away from us. A voluminous hat topped with curly feathers sits on his head. Deep shadows contrast against the lighter fabric. An inscription appears in the bottom right corner.

The Three Magi: Melchior

c. 1615

Jacques Bellange

(French, c. 1575–1616)
France, 17th century

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