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Presentation in the Temple
painting by Mantegna
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model for Dürer’s work
- In Albrecht Dürer: Second journey to Italy of Albrecht Dürer
…Bellini’s free adaptation of Mantegna’s Presentation in the Temple. Dürer’s work is a virtuoso performance that shows mastery and close attention to detail. In the painting the inscription on the scrap of paper out of the book held by the old man in the foreground reads, “Opus quinque dierum” (“the…
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