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Presentation of Christ in the Temple Fra Bartolomeo, 1516
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Presentation of Christ in the Temple

Fra Bartolomeo Β· 1516

Why it's great

Mary offers the baby Jesus to an old priest in the temple, with a crowd of onlookers. Fra Bartolomeo painted it in 1516.

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πŸ“ Kunsthistorisches MuseumInnere Stadt, Austria

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About the artist

Fra Bartolomeo

1472–1517 Β· born in Prato Β· died in Florence

Fra Bartolomeo was an Italian painter born in Prato in 1472 who lived in Florence. He became a Dominican friar after the death of his friend and hero Savonarola, and painted calm, majestic altarpieces. He died in Florence in 1517.

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