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Description: | The scene represented in this painting is based on the account in the Gospel of Saint Luke 2. 22-39 when the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph took the infant Christ to the temple of Jerusalem in order to present him to God, following Mosaic law. The Christ child was recognised by an elderly devout man called Simeon and by the prophetess Anna. This image conflates the two episodes of the meeting with Simeon and the presentation of the child at the altar. Girolamo da Santacroce worked in Venice, where he had trained under Gentile Bellini. | Subjects: | religion (Presentation in the Temple Holy Family) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Santacroce, Girolamo da (Italian painter, born 1480-1485, died 1556) Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9004... | Go to resource |
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