Stained glass window
Charles Eamer Kempe (Sussex 1837 - London 1907)
Category
Stained glass
Date
Unknown
Materials
stained glass & lead
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire
NT 232719
Caption
The Adoration of the Magi is the name given to the subject in the Nativity in which the three Magi, having found Jesus by following a star, lay before him gifts, and worship him. It is related in the Bible by Matthew 2:11: 'On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another path'. The Magi are popularly referred to as wise men and kings. The word magi is the plural of the Latin magus, borrowed from Greek magos as used in the original Greek text of the Gospel of Matthew. Although the Magi are commonly referred to as kings, there is nothing in the account from the Gospel of Matthew that implies that they were rulers of any kind. The identification of the Magi as kings is linked to Old Testament prophecies that describe the Messiah being worshipped by kings in Isaiah 60:3, Psalm 68:29, and Psalm 72:10, which reads, 'Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations serve him'.
Summary
Painted or stained glass window - Depicting the Adoration of the Magi, one of a set of three in the Lady Chapel. The top small lights are surrounded by tracery of the flowing decorated style, starting at the top three quatrefoil's, forming the arch and two larger lights to the bottom. The large lower left light depicts the three Kings, one is kneeling n the foreground with a Page behind. The lower large right light depicts a seated Mary with the child Christ on her knee and Joseph stood behind with Oxen and a manger in the background.
Provenance
Acquired with the estate in 1946 from the Trustees of the 9th Duke of Newcastle.
Makers and roles
Charles Eamer Kempe (Sussex 1837 - London 1907), designer Charles Eamer Kempe (Sussex 1837 - London 1907), artist