THE PRESENTATION OF THE CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE
Circa 1505
Sheet 12 from the series “The Life of the Virgin”
With monogram
296×210 mm
Handbooks:
Impression in the Museum collections
Between 1505 and 1511
Watermark:
a high crown
Provenance:
State Hermitage;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1862;
in the Museum since 1924
Inv. Г-2265
Comments:
a very rare impression, made before the publication of the whole series in 1511. It is dated by watermark (М. 200, I)
Other impressions in the Museum collections:
1) Inv. Г-2266, on paper without watermarks, with Latin text on the back; from the 1511 edition;
2) Inv. Г-2267, on paper without watermarks and without text on the back; the impression dates from the second half of the 16th century
