ID: 700009190 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009190	Record Type: Movable Work
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The Presentation in the Temple (page (component); Jean Bourdichon (French, 1457 - 1521, active Tours, France, ...; 1498 - 1499; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2004.66.verso)

Note: On the verso of this leaf is depicted the Presentation in the Temple, originally fom a manuscript known as the Hours of Louis XII. The miniature's artist, Jean Bourdichon, introduces the subject in a close-up, personal way. Here Mary is seen in half-length, situated at the front of the space, close to the viewer. We seem to peer over her shoulder at the scene of the presentation of her infant son at the altar of the priest Simeon. The purpose of compositions such as this one--which were increasingly popular in the second half of the 1400s--was to bring viewers physically closer to the narrative and actively engage them in the event being portrayed. The Hours of Louis XII, so-called after its patron King Louis XII of France, was one of the greatest French manuscripts of its time. Only sixteen of the manuscript's original complement of miniatures have come to light, and the Getty has acquired three of them. The other two are a frontispiece depicting the king kneeling in prayer, and a depiction of Bathsheba Bathing.

Titles:

The Presentation in the Temple (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Présentation au Temple (C,U,English,U,U)

Leaf from the Hours of Louis XII (C,U,GP,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

page (component) [300194222] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components)

detached leaf [300379890]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components, leaves (gathered matter))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1498 - 1499

Creator Display:

Jean Bourdichon (French, 1457 - 1521, active Tours, France, early 1480s - 1521) (French Illuminator) [preferred,JPGM]

Bourdichon, Jean (French illuminator, ca. 1457-1521) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500004391]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2004.66.verso

Other: Creation: Tours [7008323] Centre region (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera and gold on parchment

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	parchment (animal material) [300011851]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

Dimensions: Leaf: 24 x 17 cm (9 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Renaissance [300021140] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Presentation in the Temple [901001156]
	.....((Legend of the Nativity of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Leaf from the Hours of Louis XII

Sources and Contributors:
The Presentation in the Temple	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Présentation au Temple	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Leaf from the Hours of Louis XII	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP,JPGM]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)