Painting on wood "Gaspar
Balthazar, Melchior" inspired
by a detail of a
Catalan Romanesque altar in Mosoll, Spain
(Spain, 20th c.)
Magos Foundation Collection
The first names Gaspar, Balthazar, and Melchior appeared in the 5th century in the Byzantine Empire with the manuscript “Alexandrian World Chronicle” and the mosaics of Ravenna in Italy.