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Miguel March is known primarily for his religious paintings, but this Valencian artist also painted genre scenes—especially still lifes with domestic settings of the sort presented here. Portús (2006: 26), considers this work important for the intellectual history of the still life in Spain, and he adds that Marcos Antonio Orellana refers to it in an 18th-century text as a beautiful canvas
La Virgen, sentada a la izquierda ante el portal, se incorpora para mostrar al Niño Jesús a Melchor, que besa su pie; a la derecha los otros Reyes y el cortejo, pajes, enanos, soldados, camellos, etc.No conservamos dibujos de Michel March que permitan contrastar la antigua atribución, pero el carácter general del dibujo, sus incorrecciones y una evidente evocación remota de Orrente, permiten mant
