Title: Meeting of the Three Kings,

Artist: Bartholomew Altarpiece

The Meeting of the Three Kings, with David and IsaiahBefore 1480 The Master of the Saint Bartholomew AltarpieceNetherlandish, active about 1470–1510 Oil and gold leaf on panel / This panel originally formed part of an altarpiece wing. It illustrates an episode from the story of the three kings. High in the mountains, Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar observe the star that will lead them to Bethlehem. Below, the prophets David and Isaiah hold scrolls predicting the kings’ worship of the Christ child. The joyful celebration of the kings proclaims the unification of mankind at the birth of Jesus.