The presentation of Christ in the Temple: 1880.4.21-1

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The presentation of Christ in the Temple

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Painter: Costa, Lorenzo, the elder (After)

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Notes

History note: One of eight prints bought with money from the Engraving Fund at the British Museum duplicates sale and listed in the Syndicate Minutes, 28 May 1880; Duplicate Prints and Etchings, the property of the Trustees of the British Museum (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge), 21 April 1880, lot 28

Legal notes

Bought from the Engraving Fund, 1880.04.21

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1880)

Dating

16th Century
Circa 1502 CE - Circa 1520 CE

Note

Unlikely to have been engraved by Costa himself; probably a Bolognese printmaker, with a style reminiscent of Domenico Campagnola. Engraved in reverse with modifications after the painting by Costa of 1502 for S.Maria della Vita in Bologna.

School or Style

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1880.4.21-1
Primary reference Number: 129474
Bartsch: undescribed
Passavant: 1, p.204
Hind (BM Italian): 1
Old location number: 20.G.2.16
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 31 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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