The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, model ca. 1495 (possibly cast 16th century)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
model ca. 1495 (possibly cast 16th century)
Plaquette in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1975.1.1347), catalogued by the museum's Robert Lehman Collection department under the title “The Presentation of Christ in the Temple”.
The museum dates it model ca. 1495 (possibly cast 16th century). It is attributed to Moderno (Galeazzo Mondella) (Italian, Verona 1467–1528 Verona). The museum records the medium as Copper alloy with greenish brown natural patina. and the dimensions as 10 x 6.4 cm, wt. 135.54 g.. Subject tags assigned by the museum: Men, Women, Christ. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Copper alloy with greenish brown natural patina.
- Dimensions
- 10 x 6.4 cm, wt. 135.54 g.
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Plaquettes
- Maker recorded
- Moderno (Galeazzo Mondella)
Identification
- Met object id
- 461106
- Museum object name
- Plaquette
- Museum object number
- 1975.1.1347
Catalogue references
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Research required
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