The Presentation in the Temple
by BARTOLO DI FREDI, Tempera on poplar panel, gold ground, 190 x 125 cm
This panel formed the centre part of a vast and elaborate altarpiece, commissioned for the church of Sant’Agostino, San Gimignano. It was inspired by Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Presentation in the Temple, painted in 1342.
The altarpiece was dismantled in the 19th century.