# The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARNEVALE, Fra]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera and oil on wood ## Commentary Instead of the traditional Jewish priest officiating at the event, Fra Carnevale places three figures at the high altar, apparently a Franciscan, a Dominican and a hooded figure - while two pilgrims are seen against the right-hand entrance pier. The remaining figures in the church are exclusively young males who chat, rest, or walk about. This panel - together with another representing the Birth of the Virgin, now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York - formed part of a highly original altarpiece commissioned in 1467 for the Church of Santa Maria della Bella at Urbino. In both works, the mature artist reveals himself to be a learned scholar well-versed in the vocabulary of architecture. ## Related artworks - [A Woman and a Kneeling Monk]() - [Allegorical scene]() - [Heroic Figure against an Architectural Backdrop]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [St Francis]() - [St John the Baptist]() - [St Peter]() - [Study of David and Two Figures]() - [The Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [The Annunciation]() - [The Annunciation]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()