
This is a small selection of free-use illustrations, photographs or images based on the readings and prayers/propers in the Roman Catholic lectionary for the feast of the Epiphany. It is part of the Lectionary Art Series.
See Hymn Suggestions for today for more information about the readings and seasonal notes about this day, and links to other weeks.
Note: there are many, many artistic works inspired by today's Gospel reading - only a small selection are suggested below.
Classical
Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi
Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
The Magi Journeying (Les rois mages en voyage)
Source: Wikimedia
Artist: James Tissot
Artist: James Tissot
The three Magi (Balthasar, Caspar, Melchior)
Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Christian Maurice Engelhardt, 1818 reproduced a work by Herrad of Landsberg (c.1130 - July 25, 1195)
Artist: Christian Maurice Engelhardt, 1818 reproduced a work by Herrad of Landsberg (c.1130 - July 25, 1195)
The Adoration of the Magi - from the altarpiece in the Chapel of
King’s College, Cambridge
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Contemporary
Adoration of the Kings
Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=29420Artist: J. Le Breton (glass studio of Gaudin, Paris), 1933
The Three Wise Men
Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48399 (detail) and http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48292 (full)Artist: ESUS MAFA. The Three Wise Men, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48399
License: Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License
Line Art
Wise Men at Christmas under the Southern Cross
Artist: Fitzbeck Creative of Wellington, under a commission from the New Zealand Catholic bishops conference.Source: https://www.nlo.org.nz/resources/roman-missal-graphics
Wise Men Guided by the Star
Source: Dore BibleArtist Gustave Doré (1832-1883)
Visit of the Wise Men
Source: http://www.creationism.org/books/BibleInPictures/Bible40Mat02_01-07.htmArtist: M. Bihn & J. Bealings - 1922
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