GRECO, El
(b. 1541, Candia, d. 1614, Toledo)

The Purification of the Temple (detail)

c. 1600
Oil on canvas
National Gallery, London

The Venetian motif of the reclining female figure of the early versions has been substituted by the male figure bending down, which may be a recollection from Raphael's tapestry cartoon of the Miraculous Draught of Fishes.