Albrecht Dürer, The Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Allen Fund, 1959.99.13 · The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0)View original →
Albrecht Dürer

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple

c. 1504–1505

Current Collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Medium
woodcut
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-214985

These eight woodcuts (1959.99.8-15) progress from Gabriel’s announcement to Mary that she would bear the Son of God, to the events of her early motherhood and beyond. This included the joy of sharing her pregnancy with her cousin Elizabeth, Jesus’s birth, and the subsequent arrival of the magi. After Jesus’s circumcision and presentation at the temple the Holy Family fled to Egypt to avoid Herod and stayed there for several years. The seemingly out of place last scene shows a glimpse of their daily life in Egypt as Joseph continues his carpentry and Mary spins wool. The Holy Family is surroun…

Provenance

Allen Fund, 1959.99.13

Registry history

  • c. 1504–1505 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints

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