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The Presentation in the Temple

The Presentation in the Temple

Artist/Maker (Italian, ca. 1530–1571)
Dateca. 1567
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsOverall: 25 13/16 × 17 5/8 in. (65.6 × 44.8 cm)
Frame: 30 5/8 × 22 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (77.8 × 56.5 × 6.7 cm)
Credit LineMrs. F. F. Prentiss Fund and R. T. Miller Jr. Fund
Object number1982.108
Status
On view
More Information
Nosadella's painting depicts the episode from St. Luke's Gospel in the New Testament, where the infant Jesus is brought to the Temple in Jerusalem to be consecrated to the Lord, in accordance with Jewish tradition. The two doves (seen in the cage held by the Virgin) likely refer to the rite of the purification of the mother, which required the sacrifice of a pair of white pigeons or turtledoves. Little is known about the Bolognese painter called Nosadella whose securely documented works are limited to a few commissions for churches in Bologna.
ProvenanceSir Thomas Lawrence [1769-1830], London; (his sale, Christie's, London, May 15, 1830, lot 113, as by Lorenzo Sabbattini). Sir John Neeld [1805-1891], Grittleton House, Wiltshire, England, by 1854;¹ by descent to Algernon William [1846-1900], Grittleton House, Wiltshire, England; by descent to Audley Dallas Neeld [1849-1941], Grittleton House, Wiltshire, England; by inheritance to to Lionel William Neeld Inigo-Jones [1885-1956], Kelston Park, Bath, England; (his sale, Christie's, London, July 13, 1945, lot 36: as by Sabatini, to Fischer). (Sale, Sotheby's, London, July 15, 1970, lot 73: as by Nosadella, to Poggi). (Sale, London, Christie's, April 24, 1981, lot 95). (Matthiesen Fine Arts Limited, London); purchased 1982 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH ¹See G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain (London, 1854), II: 244.Exhibition History
Religion, Ritual and Performance in the Renaissance
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 28, 2012 - June 30, 2013 )
Collections
  • European
  • On View
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