Simeon is not the Temple representative who presents ... on Rembrandt’s sparer depictions of the Presentation. As I said, the 1627 painting shows only the five individuals listed by proper ...

Mary and Joseph present the two turtledoves as a gift to the Temple on the double occasion of Mary's purification and Jesus's presentation. At the far left a woman dressed in red holds a black rod ...

“The Presentation in the Temple,” dating from 1435 ... some more affluent ladies (perhaps the painting’s sponsors?) on the left. The interior setting of the painting is very typical of ...

Now, on 2 February, comes Candlemas. It is also known as the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, and the Purification of St Mary the Virgin. That range of titles offers a lot of potential themes for ...