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 On a table covered with a violet velvet cloth edged with gold fringe, a rich array of comestibles, glasses and silver vessels. On the left, a lobster placed in front of a Delft dish containing fruit. Behind are two Venetian glasses. In the centre, a Nautilus cup near an overturned silver ewer, a roast chicken on a dish, and a glass filled with wine.

Canvas, 45 3/4 in. by 38 j/2 in.

On the left, the Virgin, with the naked Infant Christ on her lap, seated under the archway of a ruined Roman building. St. Joseph is standing behind. In front, one of the Wise .Men kneeling in ador- ation while the second approaches from the right. Farther on the right the third of the Wise Men is seen near a group of four men. Beyond this group, in the middle-distance, the numerous suite of the Wise Men. In the background of the building on the left, a cow and an ass in a stable.

Panel,361/4in. bySi 1 : in.

From the Collection of Signore Achilles Cantoni, Milan.