print
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.24
- Description
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The presentation of Christ in the Temple; a symmetrical composition, before an altar, in which Christ is held on a cloth by his parents while the Priest raises his hands in blessing. c.1502
Engraving
- Production date
- 1502-1520
- Dimensions
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Height: 157 millimetres
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Width: 133 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- After the painting by Costa of 1502 for S.Maria della Vita in Bologna (formerly in Berlin).
Lit.: Jay A. Levinson, Konrad Oberhuber, and Jacquelyn Sheehan, Early Italian Engravings from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no.178; H. Chapman and M. Faietti, exhib. cat., BM, London, `Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance Drawings`, 2010, under no.85, fig.2, pp.276-7 (cat. entry by G. Marini).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.24