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The Presentation at the Temple is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna. Dating to c. 1455, it is housed in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.

Presentation at the Temple
Artist	Andrea Mantegna
Year	c. 1455
Medium	Tempera on canvas
Dimensions	68.9 cm × 86.3 cm (27.1 in × 34.0 in)
Location	Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

History

The date of the painting is unknown, but it belongs to the painter's youth in Padua. Date ranges from 1453, when Mantegna married Nicolosia Bellini, daughter Jacopo Bellini painter and the sister of Giovanni and Gentile, both painters as their father, and 1460 when he left for Mantua. Giovanni Bellini's Presentation at the Temple, explicitly inspired by Mantegna's, dates to around the latter year.

Description

The scene is set within a marble frame. The cushion on which the Child lies stands on it and partially juts out.

The Virgin Mary, in the foreground, is holding the Child while a bearded priest is near her. At the center, in penumbra, is Joseph with an aureola. Also in the background, at the sides, two spectators without aureola have been identified as possibly Mantegna's self-portrait and a portrait of his wife.

References

• La Grande Storia dell'Arte - Il Quattrocento, Il Sole 24 Ore, 2005
• Kleiner, Frank S. Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 13th Edition, 2008
• Manca, Joseph. Andrea Mantegna and the Italian Renaissance, 2006

На других языках

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[de] Die Darbringung Christi im Tempel (Andrea Mantegna)

Das Gemälde mit dem Titel Die Darbringung Christi im Tempel von Andrea Mantegna zeigt das biblische Sujet der Heiligen Familie im Tempel in Jerusalem mit dem Weisen Simeon. Das Werk wird auf 1453/54 datiert, wurde jedoch weder von seinem Künstler signiert noch datiert. Es ist Teil der Sammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin und wird in der Gemäldegalerie am Kulturforum ausgestellt.

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- [en] Presentation at the Temple (Mantegna)

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[fr] La Présentation au Temple (Mantegna)

La Présentation au Temple est un tableau des années 1450 du peintre de la Renaissance Andrea Mantegna, conservé aujourd'hui à la Gemäldegalerie (Berlin).

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