Presentation at the Temple (Mantegna)
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ArtistAndrea Mantegna
Yearc. 1455
MediumTempera on canvas
Dimensions68.9 cm × 86.3 cm (27.1 in × 34.0 in)
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| Artist | Andrea Mantegna |
| Year | c. 1455 |
| Medium | Tempera on canvas |
| Dimensions | 68.9 cm × 86.3 cm (27.1 in × 34.0 in) |
| Location | Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
The Presentation at the Temple is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna. Dating to c. 1455, it is housed in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.[1]
The date of the painting is unknown, but it belongs to the painter’s youth in Padua. The possible range of dates for the work spans from 1453 (when Mantegna married Nicolosia Bellini, daughter of the painter Jacopo Bellini and sister of painters Giovanni Bellini and Gentile Bellini) to 1460 (when Mantegna left for Mantua). Giovanni Bellini’s Presentation at the Temple, explicitly inspired by Mantegna's, dates to around the latter year.