THE PRESENTATION OF JESUS AT THE TEMPLE
THE PRESENTATION OF JESUS AT THE TEMPLE

MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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THE PRESENTATION OF JESUS AT THE TEMPLE
MUGHAL INDIA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Grisaille brush drawing on paper, the miniature after a European original with a finely drawn depiction of Joseph and Mary encountering Simeon the Righteous at the temple upon the presentation of the baby Jesus, in Joseph's hand a cage with a pair of sacrificial turtledoves, the miniature laid down between gold and polychrome rules on a minor pink border with gold illumination and a plain blue margin, verso with a later inscription, mounted, glazed and framed
Miniature 3 5/8 x 3in. (9.6 x 7.6cm.); folio 6 5/8 x 5¼in. (17.2 x 13.3cm.)

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