The Presentation of Christ in the Temple
around 1530/40 | Jan van Scorel
Widely travelled, Scorel succeeded Raphael as keeper of the papal collection at the Vatican, a position he held from 1521– 1524. This explains his familiarity with the latest contemporary architecture. The conspicuously Mannerist features include the eccentric composition, the emphasis on figures clad in the style of classical antiquity and seen from the back, the “lost profiles”, and the statuesque, slow movement of the figures, which appear to be set in motion mechanically like a clockwork.
Widely travelled, Scorel succeeded Raphael as keeper of the papal collection at the Vatican, a position he held from 1521– 1524. This explains his familiarity with the latest contemporary architecture. The conspicuously Mannerist features include the eccentric composition, the emphasis on figures clad in the style of classical antiquity and seen from the back, the “lost profiles”, and the statuesque, slow movement of the figures, which appear to be set in motion mechanically like a clockwork.
Artist:
Jan van Scorel (1495 Schoorl - 1562 Utrecht) DNB
Time:
around 1530/40
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Netherlandish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
114 cm × 85 cm
Framed: 186 cm × 107 cm × 5,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 6161
Provenance
1910 Purchase from the Dorotheum;
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