Title of Art: Presentation in the Temple
Artist: Jacopo Torriti
Date of Composition: 1296
Art Form: Mosaic
Exhibit Institution: Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore, apse (Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major)
Exhibit Location: Rome, Italy
VM Image #: 0031
Photographer: Shala Graham
Event: Presentation of Christ
Subjects: Mary, mother of Jesus; Anna
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The central image in the apse mosaic is the coronation of Mary by Jesus. In a smaller window of the apse mosaic (one of five scenes in the life of Mary), a depiction of Mary presenting Jesus in the temple. Joseph to the left with two doves, Simeon with swaddling cloths to receive the child, and Anna the prophetess looking on with one arm raised, holding a scroll in the other.
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