Presentation at the Temple (Fra Angelico)

''Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio'' is a fresco by Fra Angelico made for the then Dominican Order, Dominican Convent of Saint Mark the Evangelist, Mark in Florence, Italy. It depicts the dedication of Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem as the first-born son of His family, as related in the Gospel of St. Luke the Evangelist, Luke, 2:23–24. Saint Saint Joseph, Joseph carries a basket containing two European turtle dove, doves as Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary witnesses the Child Jesus, Infant Jesus being held by Simeon (Gospel of Luke), Simeon. This event, the fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary, a Catholic devotions, devotion particularly promoted by the Dominicans, is depicted as being anachronism, anachronistically witnessed by the Dominican saints Peter of Verona (recognizable by the bloody gash on his head) and Blessed Villana de' Botti.

This is one of a limited number of paintings whose composition and brightness suggest that the Dominican friar Fra Angelico was involved in their creation; however, some of the painting indicated that less skilled hands also assisted. The painting dates from 1450 to 1452 when Angelico was the Prior of Convent of San Domenico, Fiesole, San Domenico in Fiesole.Fra Angelico
''Encyclopædia Britannica'', retrieved 16 July 2014 Today the work can be seen at the National Museum of San Marco in Florence.

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Paintings by Fra Angelico
Paintings of the Presentation of Christ at the Temple, Fra Angelico
Fresco paintings in the Museo Nazionale di San Marco