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fragments, though incomplete, still demonstrates what Hatfield would call an ���intricate structure in which complementary themes and several levels of meaning are conjoined���.25 Even Vasari, who was not a fan of Botticelli, admits that: Nor can the beauty Sandro revealed through the heads in this painting [the Del Lama altarpiece] be described: they are turned in various poses ��� some in profile, some in three-quarter profile, and some gazing downward ��� with a wide variety of attitudes and expressions on the faces of young and old alike, including all those imaginative details that reveal the artist���s perfect mastery of his craft. He distinguished between the retinues of each king so that it is clear which servants belong to each king.26 We can see an equally sophisticated retinue in the two outside fragments, which draws the viewer into the narrative. The almost luxurious sophistication of the scene contrasts with the relative pictorial emptiness of the Gospel according to Matthew in which the relevant passage reads as follows: When they (the Magi) saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.27 HYLAND 12

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