After Lorenzo di Ottavio Costa
Italian, c. 1460-1535
Presentation of Christ
INV-4236
After Lorenzo di Ottavio Costa
Italian, c. 1460-1535c. 1502
Presentation of Christ
After Lorenzo di Ottavio Costa Italian, c. 1460-1535 →printprints and drawing
Date
c. 1502
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
15.5 × 13.2 cm (6 1/8 × 5 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
Born in Ferrara, Costa studied there with Cosimo Tura before moving to Bologna in the early 1480s. He traveled throughout Italy, ultimately settling in Mantua as court artist to the powerful Gonzaga family. This rich engraving of the biblical account of Christ’s introduction to the teachers at the temple in Jerusalem is after a 1502 painting by Costa for the church of Santa Maria della Vita in Bologna. It is unclear whether this work was engraved by the artist himself or was copied by an anonymous Bolognese engraver.