Mamajusi Nyumbani kwa Herode (Les rois mages chez Hérode)

James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Hapa Herode anawapokea Mamajusi katika chumba chenye mwanga hafifu cha jumba lake, chenye vizuizi vya mbao zilizochongwa kwa matundu, zulia lenye nakshi na meza ndogo yenye vikombe. Tissot aliwapa wageni majoho marefu ya njano na meupe na vilemba.

Watatu hao wameketi kando kwa kando na kueleza kwa mikono yao; mmoja ana ndevu ndefu nyeupe. Herode, akiwa na kofia nyekundu na joho lililopambwa kwa vito, anainama kuwaelekea, mkono wake kidevuni, akisikiliza kwa makini.

Kutoka maandiko

Herode anawaita Mamajusi kwa siri (Mathayo 2:7)

Anawauliza “ni wakati gani hasa nyota ilikuwa imeonekana” (Mathayo 2:7)

Ubunifu wa msanii

Vikombe juu ya meza ndogo, kama kwa ajili ya wageni

Kofia nyekundu ya Herode na joho lake lenye nakshi

Maelezo ya karibu

Mamajusi

Wanaume watatu wenye majoho ya njano na meupe wameketi kando kwa kando.

Herode

Akiwa na kofia nyekundu, anainama mbele mkono wake kidevuni.

Meza

Vikombe vidogo na jagi juu ya meza ya mviringo iliyo chini.

James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.31) · Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper · Brooklyn Museum (Commons file page, «Permission»): "This image was uploaded by the Brooklyn Museum as a content partnership, and is considered to have no known copyright restrictions by the institutions of the Brooklyn Museum." — "No known copyright restrictions".