15.5 x 13.1 cm. (6.1 x 5.2 in.) Italian Bolognese School. Attribution to Cantarini owing to similarities of this sheet with several Cantarini sketches, for example, "Sheet of Studies, including ...

Candlemas celebrates the Biblical tale of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, one of the key events of Christ's early life. According to the gospel, Mary and Joseph took their baby son to the ...

Mary and Joseph present the two turtledoves as a gift to the Temple on the double occasion of Mary's purification and Jesus's presentation. At the far left a woman dressed in red holds a black rod ...