The Presentation in the Temple
c. 1490/1500
Artist, German, c. 1445 - 1503

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving
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Credit Line
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Accession
1943.3.108
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lehrs, Vol. 9, p.064, no. 57, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
William Edwards [d. 1821], London (Lugt 2616); Gerhard Güttler [1889-1966], Berlin (Lugt 2807b); (sale 157, C.G. Boerner, Leipzig, May 7-9, 1928, no. 714); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1931
Five Centuries of Print Making, The Print Club of Philadelphia, 1931, no. 6.
1941
The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 113.
1945
Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1945, no. 11.
1959
Old Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1959.
1961
Christmas Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1961-1962, no catalogue.
1966
Masters of Etching and Engraving from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL, 1966, no. 12.
1967
Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., NGA, 1967-1968, no. 223, repro.
Bibliography
1908
Lehrs, Max. Geschichte und kritischer Katalog des deutschen, niederlandischen und franzosischen Kupferstichs im XV. Jahrhundert. 9 vols. and 1 plate vol. Vienna: Gesellschaft fur vervielfaltigende Kunst, 1908-1934.
1949
Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge
1967
Shestack, Alan. Fifteenth Century Engravings of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1967: no. 223.
Watermarks
Gothic P with flower (Lehrs 24)
Wikidata ID
Q64958469