The Presentation in the Temple (Plate 3)

The Presentation in the Temple (Plate 3)

The presentation in the temple. A view of the central nave of the Temple of Jerusalem, figures standing around a table at left, the infant Christ inspected by a priest, another priest holding a candle, the Virgin Mary at right of the table, kneeling and offering a dove in a birdcage, an onlooker seen at far r; after Gerard van Groeningen. c.1572
Etching and engraving with contemporary colouring

Gerard de Jode

1585

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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1968-1018-1-241

engraving

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