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The Presentation in the Temple (from the Life of the Virgin series)

The Presentation in the Temple (from the Life of the Virgin series)

(German, about 1440/45–1503)
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 26.9 x 18.2 cm (10 9/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of George Peabody Gardner
Accession number21.10899
On View
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed in plate, on the brim of Simeon's coat: AN. . .S. NUNC . DIMITIS . SERWM . TWM.DOMINE
ProvenanceSmith Collection; 1861, sold to Baron Charles Marochetti (b. 1805 - d. 1867; Lugt 392), Paris; 1868, sold by Marochetti to Holloway for Alfred Morrison (b. 1821 - d. 1897; Lugt 151), London. December 1921, sold by P. & D. Colnaghi (dealer), London, to the MFA through the gift of George Peabody Gardner (b. 1855 - d. 1939), Boston. (Accession Date: December 1, 1921)