# Head of One of the Three Kings: Melchior, The Assyrian King

- By: Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577 - 1640)
- Date: c. 1618
- Medium: oil on panel transferred to canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 66.8 x 51.5 cm (26 5/16 x 20 1/4 in.) ; framed: 90.8 x 75.6 cm (35 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Flemish
- Credit line: Chester Dale Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.12207.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/nga/e01097e5-8831-47bf-be73-941c4e20f549/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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