The presentation of Christ in the Temple
Printmaker:
Unknown
Painter:
Costa, Lorenzo, the elder
(After)
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
Bought from the Engraving Fund, 1880.04.21
Method of acquisition: Bought (1880)
16th Century
Circa
1502
CE
-
Circa
1520
CE
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.
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
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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