Caption

Relief depicting the three wise men, photograph, page, c. 1863 - in or before 1868, photographer, paper, albumen print, height 97 mm x width 151 mm, Photo on frontispiece., the story of the three Wise Men (kings or Magi) (Matthew 2:1-12), sculpture (relief, sculpture), A rectangular relief panel framed with a decorative border shows three robed figures seated on horses moving to the right, each horse wearing ornate bridles and decorative trappings. The leftmost rider wears a wide-brimmed hat and long flowing beard, with draped clothing that falls over the horse’s flank; the central rider has a raised arm shading the eyes and layered garments with necklaces, while the rightmost rider has a head covering and a cloak with patterned edges, leaning slightly forward. The horses display detailed musculature and flowing manes and tails, with harnesses, tassels, and patterned saddle cloths. Above the riders a star with trailing lines appears in the upper area of the panel. The overall tone is sepia and the surface shows textured sculptural depth and shadowing.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B01_231

License type

Rights managed

Available size

35.1Mb (7.4Mb) / 14.2in x 9.6in / 4272 x 2875 (300dpi)

Keywords

Relief depicting three wise men photograph page c 1863 - 1868 photographer paper albumen print height 97 mm x width 151 mm Photo frontispiece story three Wise Men kings Magi Matthew 2 1-12 sculpture relief rectangular relief panel framed decorative border three robed figures seated horses moving right horse wearing ornate bridles decorative trappings leftmost rider wears wide-brimmed hat long flowing beard draped clothing falls horse’s flank central rider raised arm shading eyes layered garments necklaces rightmost rider head covering cloak patterned edges leaning slightly forward horses display detailed musculature flowing manes tails harnesses tassels patterned saddle cloths riders star trailing lines upper area panel tone sepia surface textured sculptural depth shadowing