The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, ca. 1435, Tempera and gold on wood, Overall 15 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (39. 4 x 46 cm) ; painted surface 15 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (38. 7 x 43. 8 cm), Paintings, Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian, Siena 1398?1482 Siena), As recounted in the gospel of Luke (2:22?40), forty days after giving birth, Mary took the baby Jesus to the temple, where the aged Anna and Simeon prophesied his destiny. Giovanni di Paolo based the design of this picture on a work by Gentile da Fabriano that he saw in Florence, but he translated the naturalism of Gentile's art into his own intensely expressive style