ID: 700009491 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009491	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

The Presentation in the Temple (icon (devotional image); Byzantine Painter (15th century); 15th century; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 31.67.8)

Note: The Hypapante is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox church. According to the Gospel of Luke (2:22–38), when Joseph (far left) and the Virgin (center) presented Christ in the temple for the rite of purification forty days after his birth, his divinity was immediately recognized by Simeon (right) and the prophetess Anna (left).

Titles:

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

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

icon (devotional image) [300033945] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by function>, religious visual works, devotional images (religious works))

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 15th century

Creator Display:

Byzantine Painter (15th century) [preferred]

painter unknown Byzantine (Byzantine cultural designation) [500125223]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 31.67.8

Credit Line: Bequest of Lillie P. Bliss, 1931

Display Materials: tempera on wood, gold ground

	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)

	gilding (material) [300379350]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>)

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

Dimensions: 17 1/2 x 16 5/8 in. (44.5 x 42.2 cm)

Cultures:

Byzantine (preferred)

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)

	Hypapante [300264400]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, holidays, religious holidays, Christian holidays) (AAT)

Provenance: possibly Halvor Bagge, New York (in 1915); Lillie P. Bliss, New York (by 1920–d. 1931)

Inscriptions: Inscribed (in Greek): (on scroll held by Anna) This Child created Heaven and Earth; (above Virgin) Mary, Mother of God; (upper left) Purification; (upper right, part of an older inscription) Purification [partially legible]

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
The Presentation in the Temple	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 1 July 2018

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435828, accessed 1 July 2018