Purification of the Virgin
Predella panel from the altarpiece from the Compagnia di Santa Maria della Purificazione e di San Zanobi, Florence, contracted October 23, 1461; the main panels from the altarpiece are in the National Gallery, London (283); companion predella panels are in the collection of Queen Elizabeth II (132); the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan (475); the Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz (60c); and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1086)
Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro), Italian (active Florence and Pistoia), born c. 1421-22, died 1497
Geography:
Made in Florence, Italy, Europe
Date:
1461-62Medium:
Tempera and tooled gold on panel with horizontal grainDimensions:
9 3/4 x 14 5/16 inches (24.8 x 36.4 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting before 1900, Johnson CollectionObject Location:
Cat. 38Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Made in Florence, Italy, Europe
Date:
1461-62Medium:
Tempera and tooled gold on panel with horizontal grainDimensions:
9 3/4 x 14 5/16 inches (24.8 x 36.4 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting before 1900, Johnson CollectionObject Location:
* Gallery 212, European Art 1100-1500, second floor
Accession Number:Cat. 38Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Explore the Collections
In obedience to Jewish law, the newborn Christ is brought to the temple, where his mother is ritually purified by her offering of two turtle doves. The panel comes from a predella, or base, of an altarpiece commissioned in 1461 for the Florentine boys' club called the Confraternity of the Purification of the Virgin.
* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit.
