This painting is divided into three vertical panels that show people gathered in different parts of a temple, which spans the composition. Each panel is framed by a white and blue latticed arch. The people’s pale skin is tinged with green and they have rosy cheeks. Almost all of their robes, cloaks, and dresses are edged with gold. The central panel is the widest, about half again as wide as each side panel, and a bit taller than the other two. In it, a young blond girl, Mary, stands with her hands folded together in front of two bearded men. Mary leans slightly away from one of the men and…
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The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple

painter Paolo di Giovanni Fei (Sienese, c. 1335/1345 - 1411)

1398-1399

Medium
tempera on wood transferred to hardboard
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 146.1 × 140.3 cm (57 1/2 × 55 1/4 in.) ; overall: 147.2 × 140.3 cm (57 15/16 × 55 1/4 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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