Caspar, after the "Three Magi" series by Jacques Bellange
After Jacques Bellange French
Not on view
Caspar was one of the three foreign Magi (or Three Wise Men) who, according to the Bible, traveled to Bethlehem to adore the newborn Jesus and to offer gifts. Caspar, the bearer of gold, was the oldest of the three. Traditionally the gift of gold signifies Christ’s kingship.
This print is copied in reverse from an etching by Bellange that represented Balthasar, a different king. However, as Bellange did not identify his figures by inscription, there is some uncertainty, not least because the copies by Merian, such as this print, are inscribed with identifications that contradict the usual iconography.
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