Presentation in the Temple (1835)

Name:              Presentation in the Temple 
Artist:            Robert W Weir
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Year:              1835 
Format:            Oil on canvas
Size:              35.5x29.5
Signed?            Robt. W. Weir. Pinxt-West Point, 1835, lower center
Location:          Private Collection (1972)
Website ID:        PRES1
Estate #:          
Provenance:        P.G. Stuyvesant, Rutherford-Stuyvesant Estate, Mrs. Valmore Forgett, Mr. and Mrs. Valmore J. Forgett, Jr.
Condition:         
Auction Price:     $10,000
Auction Estimate:  
Auction Year:      1998
Exhibited?         
NAD?               1836
Tuckerman?         
Irene Weir Book?   
William Gerts?     p19
Ahrens Plate/Page? 6-1 27,32,88,126,172
References:        New York Mirror, June 18, 1836, p406. The Religious Paintings of Robert Walter Weir (Antiques Magazine, April 1973, p745).
Notes:             Based on Luke 2:22-39
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Score:             6/10
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