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France, perhaps Bourges, ca. 1522
MS M.1135. Fol. 098r

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Christ: Presentation -- Female attendant, wearing headdress, holding basket in right hand, attends Virgin Mary, nimbed, with joined hands raised, kneeling before draped altar, above which Christ Child, nimbed, nude (?), is held by Simeon, hooded, attended by Joseph the Carpenter.
Scene in architectural setting, possibly temple.



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