Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary
AFTER RAPHAEL (URBINO 1483-ROME 1520)
The Presentation in the Temple
c.1853-76Albumen print | 17.8 x 17.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851382
A photograph of a drawing by Raphael (c.1502-03) now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no.WA1855.89). The drawing corresponds closely with the central group in the 'Presentation in the Temple', the right predella scene from the 'Oddi Altarpiece' (or 'Pala Oddi') executed by Raphael in c.1502-03 and now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City (inv. no.335).
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
17.8 x 17.6 cm (sheet of paper)
Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Christianity
- Life of the Virgin Mary
- Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
- Devotional Images of Christ
- Virgin & Child
- Life of the Virgin Mary
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
- Religion & Theology
Bibliographic reference(s)
p.146, no.54 (Joannides 1983 : Joannides, P., 1983. The Drawings of Raphael, with a complete catalogue, Oxford)
p.587, no.55 (Knab/Mitsch/Oberhuber 1983 : Raffaello. I disegni 1983 : I disegni. (Catalogo dei Disegni a cura di Oberhuber, Ferino Pagden, Huber), Florence 1983)
