The
Presentation in the Temple
Third of Six Roundels
from
a
Tree of
Jesse Window
1290-1300
Pot-metal glass,
vitreous
paint
Swabia
Metropolitan Museum of
Art, 22.25a-f
Purchase: Frederick C.
Hewitt Fund, 1922
The child Jesus stands on an altar-like table, flanked by Mary and
Simeon. Simeon's hands are covered with a separate cloth. An attending
woman holds the basket with two doves. There does not appear to be a
candle in the scene.
Go to the main
image of the Jesse Window.
More
of
the Presentation
in the Temple.
Photographed
on site by Richard Stracke