drawing
- Museum number
- 1923,0417.5
- Description
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The Presentation of the Virgin; the Virgin ascending the steps of the Temple; within a courtyard of Renaissance buildings, Joachim and Anna at centre, the Virgin at left ascending steps to the High Priest, groups of figures watching and a dog scratching in the foreground
Pen and brown ink
Watermark: a gothic 'P' (cf. Briquet 8532)
- Production date
- 1505-1520 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 279 millimetres
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Width: 193 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Drawing by an artist from the Antwerp School. The same inscription can be found on two drawings by Vellert: 1923,0417.3-4.
Literature: A.E. Popham, 'Drawings of the Early Flemish School', London, 1926, cat.no.54; P. van den Brink et al., 'Extravagant! A forgotten chapter of Antwerp painting 1500-1530', Antwerp, 2005, cat.no.62; Maryan W. Ainsworth (ed.), 'Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures: Jan Gossart's Renaissance. The Complete Works', New York-New Haven-London, 2010, pp.89-90, fig.94; C. Scaillliérez et al., Francois 1er et l'art des Pays-Bas, Paris, 2017, cat. no. 50.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1973, BM, Netherlandish prints and drawings (no cat.)
2005/6 Oct-Jan, Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum Voor Schone Kunsten, 'Extravaganza...'
2006 Jan-April, Maastricht, Bonnefantenmuseum, 'Extravaganza...'
2017-2018 16 Oct-15 Jan, Paris, Louvre, Francois 1er et l'art des Pays-Bas
- Acquisition date
- 1923
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1923,0417.5
