An older woman and man stand behind a young girl who climbs up the steps of a structure, in which a bearded man stands with his hands outstretched, while a group of six people gather to our right, all against a shimmering gold background in this vertical painting. All the people have light skin with long noses, dark eyes, and their garments are edged with gold. The young girl, Mary, walks to our right but looks back over her shoulder to our left. She has reddish-blond hair pulled back under a scarlet-red headband, hazel-green eyes, and her rosebud lips are closed. Her rose-pink, long-sleeved…
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The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

Andrea di Bartolo (Sienese, active from 1389 - died 1428)

c. 1400/1405

Medium
tempera on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 44 × 32.3 cm (17 5/16 × 12 11/16 in.) ; overall: 45.7 × 33.8 × 0.6 cm (18 × 13 5/16 × 1/4 in.) ; framed: 48.2 x 36.8 x 4.1 cm (19 x 14 1/2 x 1 5/8 in.)
Culture
Sienese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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