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Balthazar

Header: Balthazar
Also known as: Balthazar; primary name: Balthazar; other name: Magi; other name: Three Kings; other name: Three Wise Men
Details: individual; biblical figure; Male
Other dates: 1stC- (fl.)
Biography: New Testament figure, one of the Magi (q.v.) or three 'Wise Men' from the East, probably astrologers, who are portrayed as Gentiles in the Book of Matthew. They were later supposed to have been three kings named Caspar (q.v.), Melchior (q.v.) and Balthazar who, with the help of directions from Herod the Great (q.v.), followed a star to the birthplace of Jesus Christ (q.v.) in Bethlehem.

72 related objects

amulet; electrotype

Museum number: 1938,1010.1 |
Cultures/periods: x272757 Early Byzantine |
Production date: 6thC 20thC

amulet-ring

Museum number: AF.1018 |
Production date: 15thC

amulet-ring

Museum number: AF.1017 |
Production date: 15thC

amulet-ring

Museum number: 1856,0701.2707 |
Production date: 15thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

amulet-ring

Museum number: AF.1019 |
Production date: 15thC

annular brooch

Museum number: OA.7374 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval

baluster jug; jug

Museum number: 1855,1201.178 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 1590-1600 |
Production place: Made in:Raeren (Liège)

box

Museum number: 1856,0701.2175 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)Found/Acquired:Thames, River

box brooch; disc brooch

Museum number: 1987,0101.1 |
Cultures/periods: AvarLate Antique |
Production date: 6thC-7thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hungary

brooch

Title: Glenlyon Brooch |
Museum number: 1897,0526.1 |
Production date: 16thC(early) |
Production place: Made in:Scotland

bucket

Museum number: 1896,0521.1 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Zaragoza (city)

cameo

Museum number: 1978,1002.339 |
Production date: 16thC 17thC |
Production place: Made in:GermanyMade in:England

casket

Title: The Franks Casket The Auzon Casket |
Museum number: 1867,0120.1 |
Cultures/periods: x112413 Middle Anglo-Saxon |
Production date: 8thC(early) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Auzon

diptych; religious/ritual equipment; forgery

Museum number: 1856,0623.66 |
Producer name: BIOG74621 Attributed to:Master of the Agrafe Forgeries |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:FranceMade in:Belgium

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1856,0623.86 |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1919,0710.2

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1919,0710.1 |
Production date: 1350-1400 |
Production place: Made in:France

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1878,1101.37 |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:France

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1900,1013.1 |
Production date: 1250-1275 |
Production place: Made in:France

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1878,1101.36 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:France

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1856,0623.70 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:France

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1856,0623.85 |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1856,0623.84 |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1856,0623.52 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:France

disc brooch

Museum number: 1991,0604.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41013 Late Antique |
Production date: 6thC(late)-7thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:BalkansFound/Acquired:Yugoslavia

finger-ring

Museum number: 1894,1014.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 15thC |
Production place: Made in:England |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Danbury Road

finger-ring

Title: Coventry Ring |
Museum number: AF.897 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 15thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:England |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Coventry (West Midlands)

finger-ring

Museum number: 1952,1202.1 |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:England

finger-ring

Museum number: AF.231 |
Cultures/periods: x272757 Early Byzantine |
Production date: 6thC-7thC

garter

Museum number: 1856,0701.1885

garter

Museum number: 1856,0701.1886

mirror-case

Museum number: 1856,0623.125 |
Production date: 16thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:France

panel; forgery

Museum number: 1856,0623.44 |
Producer name: BIOG74621 Attributed to:Master of the Agrafe Forgeries |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:FranceMade in:Belgium

panel

Museum number: 1890,0809.2 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 15thC

panel

Museum number: 1856,0623.46 |
Production date: 14thC-15thC |
Production place: Made in:BelgiumMade in:France

panel

Museum number: 1856,0623.47 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 14thC-15thC |
Production place: Made in:BelgiumMade in:France

panel

Museum number: 1894,0521.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 15th century |
Production place: Made in:England

panel

Museum number: 1893,0426.154 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 15th century |
Production place: Made in:England |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Selby

pendant

Museum number: WB.148 |
Producer name: BIOG38433 Manner/Style of:Daniel Mignot |
Production date: 1600 |
Production place: Made in:MunichMade in:Dresden (city)

pendant

Museum number: 1978,1002.538

pilgrim badge

Museum number: 1860,0907.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 15th century |
Production place: Made in:France |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Somme, River

pilgrim badge; pendant

Museum number: OA.2089 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Rome (city)

pilgrim badge

Museum number: OA.4288 |
Production date: 1549

plaque

Museum number: 1855,1201.78 |
Producer name: BIOG74622 Painted by:Master of the Bergantini Bowl |
Production date: 1527 |
Production place: Made in:Faenza

polyptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1923,1205.4 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1300-1325 |
Production place: Made in:France

polyptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: SLMisc.1879 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:France

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5335 |
Producer name: Print made by:Willem PanneelsAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1630 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Museum number: 1917,1208.548 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Vorsterman IAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1620 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Museum number: 1917,1208.531 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas LauwersAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1630-1635 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Museum number: R,3.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas LauwersAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1630-1635 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Museum number: 1891,0414.582 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Vorsterman IAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1620 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Tableau du côté droit de l'autel |
Museum number: 1871,0114.15 |
Producer name: After:Charles Joseph NatoirePrint made by:Étienne Fessard |
Production date: 1752

print

Museum number: 1930,0311.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:Master IAM of Zwolle |
Production date: 1470-1480

print

Title: Le Mage Balthazar et Fatime |
Museum number: 1899,0420.204 |
Producer name: BIOG26893 Print made by:Henri Fantin-Latour |
Production date: 1891

print

Museum number: 1891,0414.577 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolaas LauwersAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1630-1635 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Small Passion |
Museum number: 1849,0210.365 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob Cornelisz. van OostsanenPublished by:Doen Pietersz. |
Production date: 1523

print; book-illustration

Title: The Small Passion |
Museum number: 1859,0709.2834 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob Cornelisz. van OostsanenPublished by:Doen Pietersz. |
Production date: 1523

print

Museum number: Sheepshanks.5334 |
Producer name: Print made by:Willem PanneelsAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1630 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

reliquary; pendant; locket

Museum number: AF.354 |
Cultures/periods: x272757 Early Byzantine |
Production date: 6thC |
Production place: Made in:Constantinople |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Constantinople

reliquary; casket

Museum number: 1855,1201.8 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1195-1200 |
Production place: Made in:Limoges

reliquary; pendant

Museum number: 2012,8046.1 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 16th century (Early) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Hockley

reliquary-case

Museum number: OA.229 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1200 |
Production place: Made in:Limoges

rosary

Museum number: WB.238 |
Producer name: BIOG253038 Workshop of:Adam Dircksz |
Production date: 1510-1525 |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands

sculpture

Museum number: 1856,0623.145 |
Production date: 1230-1250 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:England

signet-ring

Museum number: OA.7460 |
Production date: 15thC |
Production place: Made in:England

tabernacle; case

Museum number: WB.233 |
Producer name: BIOG253038 Workshop of:Adam Dircksz |
Production date: 1500-1530 1562 |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands

tablet

Museum number: 1920,0415.6 |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France

triptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1856,0623.57

triptych; religious/ritual equipment; figure; forgery

Museum number: OA.1343 |
Production date: 1226-1275 18thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Upper RhineMade in:Baden-Württemberg (state)

triptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1856,0623.56 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1340 |
Production place: Made in:Paris (France)

triptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1856,0623.54 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 13thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:France

writing-tablet; toilet/cosmetic equipment

Museum number: 1856,0623.98 |
Production date: 1350-1400 |
Production place: Made in:France