Arles - Saint-Trophime

The cloister of Saint-Trophime forms a rectangle 28m x 25m. The eastern and northern sides were built in romanesque style 1160 - 1180. Shortly after that all constructions came to halt, due to an economic decline of Arles. New orders like the Trinitarians and the Knights Templar had settled in Arles - and caused competition. It took more than a century to restart the building process, so the southern and western sides were built erected during the 14th and 15th century in gothic style.

Joseph

While Mary and Jesus receive the Magi (on the left), Joseph sits just around the corner.
Joseph is waiting and obviously very bored. Maybe he is even depressed. I know, that postnatal depression (PPD) is mostly affects women, but can affect men as well. Joseph´s head is
resting on his hand.

This squatting/depressed Joseph in exactly this position is a romanesque icon. I do not know, what exactly is the meaning of that. It can often be see at the Nativity ot the Adoration of the Magi.