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 | | Giaquinto utilised the three kings again in a reprise of the present painting, compressing them almost exactly as they appear here into a composition painted on a small copper in a private collection in London.[10] (Fig. |
 | | 2) Moreover, several years later, as if to confirm Lanzi's observations on his working methods, Giaquinto inserted the figures of the kings, with only minor changes in their poses, physiognomy, and dress, into a presentation of the theme recently acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[11] (Fig 3). |
 | | Perhaps the latest composition in this series of Epiphanies is a painting in Vienna datable to the 1750s incorporating the figure of Caspar, the oldest king, kneeling before the infant Christ in the Virgin’s lap, and Balthazar, the Negro in a turban, and the still-life elements of the kings’ gifts an the basket of doves.[12] |
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