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Dish with Presentation in the Temple
Urbino Nicola da, circle of
Urbino, c. 1525 - 1530
22.7 cm (height)
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
The plate depicts the Presentation of Christ in the Temple which, according to Luke, chapter 2, took place forty days after his birth, as Jewish law required. The painting is either a late work by Nicola or by a close associate. No iconographical prototype has been traced.
Lent from the Barlow Collection. LI206.15
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