Giotto, Adoration of the Magi (panel)

Description

The scene takes place under a wooden scaffolding similar to that "Nativity" on a rocky background. Mary, dressed in a red robe with gold borders and an Ultramarine Blue mantle, offers the Son in swaddling clothes and covered by a pastel green cape to the adoration of the Three Kings, rushed to follow the comet star that can be seen above. Each He has red shoes, a symbol of royalty. The first king, the elder, is already kneeling and laid his crown on the ground, while his The gift is probably the golden reliquary held by the angel on the right. The second king, of mature age, carries a horn full of incense, while the younger one a cup whose lid he lifts to show myrrh ointment.