The Presentation in the Temple
The Presentation in the Temple
- Artist
- L'Ortolano
- Artist Dates
- born c. 1487-active 1524
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- The Presentation in the Temple
- Date
- 1510-15
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 32.1 x 23.8 cm (12-5/8 x 9-3/8 in)
- K Number
- K1048
- Repository
- Arizona State University Art Museum
- Accession Number
- 102
- Notes
Provenance
Graham Charles Somervell, Edinburgh, by 1883; [1] (his sale, Christie's, London, 23 April 1887, no. 150, as L'Ortolano); bought by Charles Butler [1822-1910], London; [2] (his estate sale, Christie's, London, 26 May 1911, no. 134, as L'Ortolano); bought by Cox. (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955] Rome-Florence); sold 1936 to Samuel H. Kress [1868-1955] gift 1939 to the National Gallery of Art; deaccessioned 1952 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; gift 1961 to Arizona State University Art Museum, no. 102. [1] Lent to Old Masters and Scottish National Portraits, Edinburgh, 1883, no. 324, as L'Ortolano. [2] Butler was the buyer per annotated auctioneer catalogue, Christie's Archive, London.
Catalogue Entry
L'Ortolano
The Presentation in the Temple
K1048
Tempe, Ariz., Arizona State University (102), since 1962. Wood. 12 5/8 X 9 3/8 in. (32.1 X 23.8 cm.). Fair condition; minor restorations. The strong influence of Costa in this painting tends to place it in the early years of L'Ortolano's activity, around 1510/15; only the lack of precision in drawing suggests that there may possibly have been studio assistance in the execution.(1) Provenance: Graham Charles Somervell, Edinburgh – exhibited: 'Old Masters and Scottish National Portraits,' Edinburgh, 1883, no. 324, as L'Ortolano. Somervell sale, Christie's, London, Apr. 23,1887, no. 150, as L'Ortolano.(2) Charles Butler, London (sold, Christie's, London, May 26, 1911, no. 134, as L'Ortolano; bought by Cox). Contini Bonacossi, Florence. Kress acquisition, 1936 – exhibited: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (442), 1941-52.(3)
References
(1) K1048 has been attributed, in ms. opinions, to L'Ortolano by G. Fiocco, R. Longhi, F. M. Perkins, W. E. Suida, and A. Venturi; to an artist close to Costa by B. Berenson. G. Frabetti (L'Ortolano, 1966, pp. 12, 64 f) seems to accept the attribution to L'Ortolano; he suggests a possible identification of K1048 with a painting cited as L'Ortolano's in a catalogue (by N. Barbantini, 1906, p. 78) of the Canonici Collection: 'La Madonna in piedi ha il Putino in bracio e lo appresenta al beato Simeone ...' (2) This sale information comes from a label on the back of K1048. Lot 150 in the sale catalogue corresponds as to title and artist but is not identified by size or reproduction; the title is followed by the phrase: 'Mentioned in the History of Ferrara.' (3) Preliminary Catalogue, 1941, pp. 146 f, as L'Ortolano.