The Presentation in the Temple

Wolf Huber

Associated Names
Wolf Huber

Artist, German, c. 1485/1490 - 1553

This is a drawing of an interior scene in a Gothic cathedral. The drawing shows a space with towering pointed arches and intricately vaulted ceilings. The background has arched windows and a gallery with small figures. The foreground includes figures in period clothing around a table. The linework captures the architectural features and attire of the characters.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1953.6.76

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Winzinger 1979, no. 264

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1957

  • The Life of Christ in Prints, 14 venue touring exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts (J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY; Grand Rapids Art Gallery, MI; Time, Inc., New York, NY; Washington County Museum, Hagerstown, MD; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA; Wells College, Aurora, NY; Mississippi Art Association, Jackson, MS; Calgary Allied Arts Centre, Alberta, Canada; Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada; Sackville Art Association, New Brunswick, Canada; and Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada), 1957-1960, no cat.

1960

  • Gothic to Baroque, Allentown Art Museum, 1960, no. 65.

1969

  • Prints and drawings of the Danube School; an exhibition of South German and Austrian graphic art of 1500 to 1560, Yale University Art Gallery, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969-1970, no. 92, repro.

1973

  • Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Prints of Northern Europe from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1973, no. 66.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1979

  • Winzinger, Franz. Wolf Huber: das Gesamtwerk. 2vols. München: Hirmer Verlag, 1979

Wikidata ID

Q65369191

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