In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
The Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph consecrated the baby Christ to God in the Temple of Jerusalem 40 days after his birth, in accordance with Jewish laws concerning purity and firstborn sons. Joseph brings a sacrifice of doves, the priest Simeon receives Christ on an altar, and the prophetess Anna holds a candle—a reference to the liturgical celebration of this event as Candlemas. An unusual detail is the angel who stands behind Mary. He witnesses her miraculous virgin pregnancy and connects the scene to the consecration of bread and wine as Christ's body and blood in the Christian Mass, at which event angels were believed to flock the altar. This is an appropriate addition insofar as The Presentation is a fragment of a larger, lost altarpiece. The artist's abstractly elegant International Gothic style was inspired by the works of Gherardo Starnina, whose Music-Making Angel is also on this wall.
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Nicolás Solana — Saint Katherine of Alexandria before the Ro
Konrad Laib (German) — Adoration of the Magi
Cristoforo di Bindoccio ; Meo di Piero — Madonna and Child w
Three Apostles with Cross-Cutter, Chalice and Book
Central German Master — Last Supper
De heilige maagschap
Sigmund Gleismüller — Crucifixion
Master of the Brunswick Diptych — Birth of Christ
Three Apostles with Scepter, Scimitar and Cross
The Adoration of the Magi
anonymous — Triptych with Scenes from the Life of the Virgin
Three Apostles with Stick, Key and Axe