The Purification of the Virgin
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 1930
- Dimensions
- 21 x 16 cm
- Presented by
- Richmond Moore through The Art Fund
This relief representing the Purification was probably made in 17th century Florence.
The High Priest stands at the top of a flight of steps holding the Child in his hands. A few steps lower the Virgin kneels before him. An elderly man bends down to take some doves from a cage on the left, while behind him a youth lights a torch from the Paschal candle. The background is filled with figures and angels.