The Three Wise Men

There are many traditions concerning the three men from the East who came to visit the Christ child sometime after he was born, but the Bible says surprisingly little about them. We don't even know how many there were, only that they came with three gifts. And we certainly do not know their names or racial types. In any case, their coming presages the later turning of many Gentiles to Christ.

The collage below is based on a piece by Albrecht Durer.

Adoration of the Magi (2011) (11" x 14")

collage on canvas