The Presentation in the Temple

Stefano Pozzi · Date unknown

Medium

Oil on canvas

Original size

118 × 90 cm (46 1/2 × 35 1/2 in.); Framed: 123.2 × 94.7 × 3.2 cm (48 1/2 × 37 1/4 × 1 1/4 in.)

Currently held

Art Institute of Chicago

Movement

Baroque

Stefano Pozzi's *The Presentation in the Temple* is a luminous devotional composition that brings the biblical moment of Simeon receiving the infant Christ with quiet, ceremonial gravity. Pozzi was an 18th-century Roman painter working in the tradition of the late Baroque, trained under Carlo Maratti's long shadow and deeply connected to the Accademia di San Luca, where he eventually held office. His religious works are distinguished by a controlled elegance — figures arranged with the formality of ceremony but softened by warm candlelight and the kind of tender gesture that keeps sacred scenes from feeling remote. In this canvas, the handling of drapery and the careful gradation of light across grouped figures reflect both his academic discipline and his sensitivity to devotional mood. The painting now resides in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, where it stands as a representative example of mid-18th-century Roman religious painting in the grand tradition. Our hand-painted oil reproduction is executed by skilled artists working directly from high-resolution reference, matching Pozzi's palette, brushwork, and the layered depth of the original oil on canvas — giving you a faithful, tactile piece rather than a print.