Artwork of the Month May 2025
Circle or Workshop of Pieter Coecke van Aelst c. 1530: Balthazar.
Peter Gibbard, formerly Chair of the Friends, writes about Balthazar, also known as The Black African King, who is depicted in a 16th-century panel from a triptych of Flemish origin, Adoration of the Magi.
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