At her presentation to Zacharias, the Virgin Mary ascends the fifteen steps dividing men from women at the Temple. Engraving by L. Desplaces after A.M. Zanetti after J. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
- Tintoretto, 1518-1594.
- Reference:
- 21164i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
According to the Protoevangelium of James, the parents of the Virgin, Joachim and Anne, presented her as a child in the temple at Jerusalem as a thank-offering after years of childlessness. The men line this side of the steps; women are to be glimpsed on the other side
Publication/Creation
Paris (Rue de la Jussienne) : chez Desplaces
Physical description
1 print : etching with line engraving ; platemark 31.2 x 36.3 cm
Lettering
Præsentatio beatæ Mariæ Virginis. A Jacobo Tintoretto de picta in Ecclesia S.M. Hortensis Venetiis. Présentation de la Vierge au temple. Peint par Jacques Tintoret dans l'eglise Notre Dame dell'Horto à Venise. Antonius M.a Zanetti delinevit [sic]. L. Desplaces scul.
References note
Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1951, tome VII, p. 76, no. 7
Reference
Wellcome Collection 21164i
Type/Technique
Subjects
- Families
- Christianity
- JudaismCustoms and practices
- Mothers and daughters
- Women in Judaism
- Women in Christianity
- Children in the Bible
- Virginity
- Priests
- Stairs
- Rites and ceremonies
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
- Zacharias (Father of John the Baptist)
- Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), Saint.
- Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores