The Bible In Paintings 20 — BABY JESUS PRESENTED IN THE TEMPLE; SIMEON, ANNA

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[Hebrews 11:6]

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BABY JESUS

PRESENTED

IN THE

TEMPLE

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L U K E .. 2
New International Version, emphases added
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LUKE, Chapter 2

22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”), 24 and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”

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1 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ELIZABETH WANG
"The Presentation in the Temple"

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2 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by CHARLES LE BRUN
"The Presentation of Christ in the Temple"

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3 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by PETER-PAUL RUBENS
"Presentation in the Temple"

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4 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ANDREA MANTEGNA
"The Presentation"

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5 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by RAFFAELLO SANZIO
"The Presentation in the Temple"

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6 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIOVANNI DI PAOLO
"Christ in the Temple"

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7 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
"The Presentation"
Saint Mary's, Tiffin, Ohio

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8 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
"Purification of the Virgin"

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9 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
"Presentation of Jesus at the Temple"
Convent of the Order of Christ, Tomar, Santarém, Portugal

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10 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
"Presentation"
Mosaic, Hosios Loukas Monastery, Boeotia, Greece

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11 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIOVANNI BELLINI
"Presentation of Jesus in the Temple"

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12 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by JANUARIUS ZICK
"The Presentation in the Temple"

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13 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ANDREA CELESTI
"Presentation of Jesus at the Temple"

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"Offering of Christ in the Temple"

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15 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
"Presentation of Jesus at the Temple"

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"Presentation of Jesus at the Temple"

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by SÉBASTIEN BOURDON, 1644
"Presentation in the Temple"

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18 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by JAMES TISSOT, 1890
"The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple"

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19 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FRANZ ANTON MAULBERTSCH
Study for "The Presentation of Christ in the Temple"

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20 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ALESSANDRO MAGANZA
"Candlemas"

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21 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by JACQUES DARET
"The Presentation in the Temple"

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22 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FRANCESCO BASSANO the Younger
"The Presentation of Christ in the Temple"

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23 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO
"The Presentation in the Temple"

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24 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GERBRAND VAN DEN EECKHOUT
"The Presentation of Christ in the Temple"

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25 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by BARTHEL BEHAM, 1524
" The Presentation in the Temple "

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26 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GUERCINO
"The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple"

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27 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GUIDO RENI
"Presenting Christ in the Temple"

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28 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by HANS HOLBEIN the Elder, 1501
"Presentation of Jesus Christ at the Temple"

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29 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by SIMON VOUET
" Presentation in the Temple "

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30 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FRA BARTOLOMEO
"Presentation of Christ in the Temple"

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31 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by MIGUEL CABRERA
"The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple"

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32 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by CAMILLO PROCACCINI
"The Presentation in the Temple"

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33 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by LUCA LONGHI
"The Presentation in the Temple"

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34 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by FRANCOIS-JOSEPH HEIM
"The Presentation in the Temple"

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35 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIOVANNI AGOSTINO DA LODI
"Presentation in the Temple"

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36 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by MUNIR ALAWI
"Presentation of Jesus at the Temple"

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37 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ALVARO PIREZ
"The Presentation in the Temple"

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38 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by ANTONIOS VALAMONTES
"Presentation in the Temple"

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39 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Image Source
by GIOACCHINO ASSERETO
"Presentation in the Temple"

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JESUS, ANNA
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[econjack]

I enjoy art by the Masters, but I am mesmerized by the work of the Hudson Valley School. Their treatment of light is simply amazing. Albert Bierstadt’s paintings of the Sierra Nevada mountains are magical.

[Red Badger]

One thing most of these painter probably didn’t realize is that there would probably have been HUNDREDS of babies being presented that day! It would have looked like the Santa Clause store scene from “A Christmas Story”!................The line forms in the back, you two!................

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It’s a shame that Albert, in painting God’s creation, did not also choose to illuminate God’s Word—and then he’d have been featured here.

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Well, maybe DOZENS............

[Red Badger]

Maybe God arranged it so that He was the only baby to be born on that particular day, so He was the only baby to be presented that day!.............

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Ya just never know with that God guy.

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Andrey Shishkin

Simeon with Jesus

[Red Badger]

Yeah, He works in mysterious ways......................

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Once again, I like Tissot’s vision the best. I guess I’m just a sentimental kind of gal!

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

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Sorry, I appended Simeon and Anna to the title erroneously. I’ll have an entire thread on them tomorrow. I have the Rembrandt, but if memory serves the Shishkin is new to me. I’ll hasten to add it.

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I’m with you—except for the “gal” part. As I scroll down I see image after image after image of group closeups, until suddenly Tissot has a different, dramatic vision. See in context that way, it is quite arresting and striking.

[etabeta]

Love the Tissot rendering. He seems to be the only one who accurately shows the high steps leading to the altar. Joseph carries the cage with the turtledoves, gift to the Temple. Simeon, holding baby Jesus high, acknowledges the child as the Messiah. I guess the woman with the outstretched arms is the prophetess Anna, rejoicing and thanking God.

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Indeed.

There are quite a few artists who have been relegated to the somewhat “lesser” category of “Illustrator”. Funny thing is, I love their work!
Here are a few that have been branded by the “Art World” with this epithet:

Norman Rockwell
James Tissot
Maxfield Parrish

I don’t know if it is their style or the fact that their paintings end up “illustrating” books and periodicals, but “Illustration” is considered to be a different discipline than “Painting”. However, Illustrations, at least in the time of the aforementioned ARTISTS, start out as PAINTINGS.

Maybe it’s different now, as I am remembering Art School from 50 years ago. We “Illustrators” were quite often sneered at by the “Painters”. Has anyone else experienced that?

Since I majored in Graphic Design (pre-computer!) I was very aware of the distinction.

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Tissot, by including the crowd, seems to highlight their wonder: "What's going on? Why is that old man lifting that baby? And why is that old woman crying?"

Wise people are still lifting and crying.

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Amen.

Wise Men Still Seek Him.

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You would know, but I—along with so very many—LOVE Rockwell. Parrish is new to me; as you also know, I am an official Art Ignoramus.

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As far as I know, Parrish didn’t do any Biblical Art, but here are some of his images:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=maxfield+parrish+prints+images&t=ffsb&iax=images&ia=images