Adoration of the Magi Size:Standard: 6 x 4in 3rd Riccardo Patrese - Benetton-Ford

3rd Riccardo Patrese - Benetton-Ford

The Asylum was opened as a school for the children of soldiers

The architect William Haywood is standing in the middle of the group

Original is oil on canvas 56 x 78 (inches)

Adoration of the Magi Size:Standard: 6 x 4in 3rd Riccardo Patrese - Benetton-FordAdoration of the Magi, c1490 1497. The Holy Family, with kneeling Magi and angels above, text with decorated initial 'S', and borders of trompe l'oeil decoration with acanthus and flowers. From the Isabella Breviary. Illustration from Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum, Miniatures, Borders, and Initials by George F Warner, series I, (British Museum, London, 1899).