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The Presentation in the Temple by Master of the Prado Adoration of the Magi, c. 1470s, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Presentation in the Temple

The Presentation in the Temple

Master of the Prado "Adoration of the Magi" (Netherlandish, active third quarter of the 15th century)

c. 1470s · oil on panel · National Gallery of Art, Washington

For the Presentation of the Lord · 2 February

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image 18×21.7 in on a 18×24 in sheet

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About this painting

An old man in a red cope holds a naked Child over an altar, on a white cloth, and knows Him. Simeon had been promised he would not die before he had seen the Christ, and the promise is kept in a pair of hands. Our Lady stands close in blue-green. At the left Saint Joseph carries a small wicker cage: the law let the poor bring turtledoves in place of a lamb, and the Lamb Himself lies on the altar cloth. The painter has no name. Hulin de Loo, as the Prado records, thought this group early Memling, a version of Rogier van der Weyden's Saint Columba altarpiece; doubts followed, and the National Gallery of Art now gives it to the Master of the Prado Adoration of the Magi, an anonymous Netherlandish painter. Simeon knew the Child at sight. Nobody yet knows the hand that painted him.

Sources: National Gallery of Art, The Presentation in the Temple, acc. 1961.9.28 · John Oliver Hand and Martha Wolff, Early Netherlandish Painting, NGA Systematic Catalogue (Washington, 1986), 155-161, repro. 157 · National Gallery of Art, artist record, Master of the Prado "Adoration of the Magi" · Museo Nacional del Prado, Master of the Prado 'Adoration of the Magi' · National Gallery of Art record, The Presentation in the Temple · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), Luke 2:25-35, from the project's own corpus at data/bible_drc.js · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), Leviticus 12:8

He also took him into his arms and blessed God and said

Luke 2:28 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)

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The Record
Date c. 1470s
Collection National Gallery of Art, Washington
Subject Presentation in the Temple
Season Ordinary Time
Master 12,448 px
License Public domain
Attribution National Gallery of Art, Washington · 1961.9.28

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Master of the Prado "Adoration of the Magi"
Date c. 1470/1480
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions painted surface: 57.9 x 47.8 cm (22 13/16 x 18 13/16 in.); overall (panel): 59 x 48.1 cm
Holding National Gallery of Art, Washington · 1961.9.28

Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.

The file this print is made from

Source The Presentation in the Temple A22018.jpg
Master 12,448 px on the long edge
Rights Public domain — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistMaster of the Prado "Adoration of the Magi" (Netherlandish, active third quarter of the 15th century)
Datec. 1470s
MuseumNational Gallery of Art, Washington
Accession1961.9.28
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensionspainted surface: 57.9 x 47.8 cm (22 13/16 x 18 13/16 in.); overall (panel): 59 x 48.1 cm
Sheet sizes18×24 in, 24×36 in, 32×48 in, 40×60 in
Provenance of the file
Held byNational Gallery of Art, Washington · 1961.9.28 the museum’s record
Source fileWikimedia Commons · The Presentation in the Temple A22018.jpg
LicencePublic domain
Master10,307 × 12,448 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from Wikimedia Commons; held as our print master.

The sheets

18×24 in sheet 18×24 in · image 18×21.7 in · archival margin · 573 dpi
24×36 in sheet 24×36 in · image 24×29 in · archival margin · 429 dpi
32×48 in sheet 32×48 in · image 32×38.6 in · archival margin · 322 dpi
40×60 in sheet 40×60 in · image 40×48.3 in · archival margin · 258 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 12,448 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.