Virgin Mary: Presentation
Item
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Alternative Title
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Presentation of the Virgin from a Book of Hours
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Creator
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Master of Sir John Fastolf
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Subject
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Book of Hours, Virgin Mary, Bible, Floreate border, Virgin Mary - Presentation
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Language
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Latin
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Date
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c. 1440-1450 (London, England)
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Description
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Mary is seen kneeling with her mother, Anne and father, Joachim. The parents have decided to consecrate their daughter in service to God.
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Medium
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Painting on vellum.
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Rights Holder
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The Morgan Library and Museum, New York, New York
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Provenance
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Smithson family of Horsham, Sussex, and London (obituaries from 1640 to 1724 or 1725 on fol. 1v); Captain R.G. Berkeley; his sale, London, Sotheby's, Nov. 29, 1949, lot 21; bought there by Maggs Brothers Ltd., London for William S. Glazier (1907-1962), New York; deposited in the Pierpont Morgan Library by the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection in 1963.
