The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple (Titian)

The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple is a 1534–1538 painting by Titian. It depicts the three year-old Virgin Mary entering the Temple of Jerusalem.^[1] It was commissioned by the fraternity based in the Scuola Grande di Santa Maria della Carita, a building later incorporated into the Galleria dell'Accademia, where the work now hangs.

Bibliography

• Cecilia Gibellini, Tiziano, Milan, Rizzoli, coll. « I Classici dell'arte », 2003.
• Francesco Valcanover, L’opera completa di Tiziano, Milan, Rizzoli, 1969.
• Stefano Zuffi, Tiziano, Milan, Mondadori Arte, 2008 ISBN 978-88-370-6436-5
• Marion Kaminski, Tiziano, Cologne, Könemann, 2000 ISBN 3-8290-4553-0

References

1. Porter, J. R. (2010). The Lost Bible. New York: Metro Books. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4351-4169-8.