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 Kunstbl. (1837), i.; D. Kunstbl. (1855), 401; Förster, v. 483, 487; Illustr. Zeitg. (1878), i. 367; (1879), ii. 85; Im neuen Reich (1878), No. 20; Graph. K., i. 34; Jordan (1885),ii. 171; Kunst-Chronik, xiii. 526, 589, 610; xiv. 393; xix. 513; Pecht, i. 269; Reber, ii. 277; Roquette, Fr. P. (Frankfort, 1883); Ruland, Zur Errinnerung an Fr. Preller (Weimar, 1878); Westermann's Monatshefte, xlviii. 624; Zeitschr. f. b. K., i. 17; xvii. 357; xviii. 262.

PRELLER, FRIEDRICH, the younger, born in Weimar, Sept. 1, 1838. Landscape painter, son and pupil of preceding; visited Italy in 1859-62 and in 1864-66, and borrows most of his subjects from there. Professor and Councillor at Dresden Academy. Works: Bay of Baiæ; Rocca di Papa; Swiss Evening Landscape; Tivoli; Hannibal's Field; Forum Romanum; Convent of Scolastica near Subiaco, Dresden Gallery; Prometheus, Hippolytus, Nero's Flight, Theseus leaving Naxos, Vestibule of Court Theatre, Dresden; Twelve Scenes from Greek Mythology, Royal Box, ib.; Four Views in Saxony (1878), Albrechtsburg, Meissen; Ideal Landscape with Sappho (1879), Leipsic Museum; Lonely Ride (1884); Tivoli, View in Rhön Mountains (Jubilee Exhibition, Berlin, 1886).—Müller, 425; Kunst-Chronik, xi. 484; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xi. 384.

Presentation in Temple, Fra Bartolommeo, Vienna Museum.

PRESENTATION IN TEMPLE, Fra Bartolommeo, Vienna Museum; wood, H. 4 ft. 11 in. × 5 ft.; dated 1516. Simeon, standing before the altar, holds the Child presented by the Virgin; on left, SS. Joseph, with two pigeons, Elizabeth, and Anna. Painted for Convent of S. Marco, Florence; bought by Grand Duke Leopold I. in 1781; obtained by exchange from him by the Emperor Joseph II. Engraved by A. Campanello; Massard; C. Rahl; Langer.—Gal. de Vienne, i. Pl. 9; C. & C., Italy, iii. 470; Marchese, ii. 119; Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 196.

By Carpaccio, Venice Academy; wood, H. 13 ft. 9 in. × 7 ft. 4 in.; signed, dated 1510. The Virgin, attended by two women, presents Jesus to Simeon the High Priest, who is represented as a pontiff between attendant cardinals, one of whom bears his mantle; below, three boy angels playing musical instruments. Painted for S. Giobbe, Venice. Carpaccio's masterpiece. Of the three angels, the middle one playing on a lute is world-famed and widely known by photographs.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 207.

By Domenico Ghirlandajo, S. M. Novella, Florence; fresco in the choir.

By Guido Reni, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 10 ft. × 6 ft. 7 in. The Virgin, kneeling in prayer, attended by a train of women and by boys bearing candles; behind the altar, Simeon, with Jesus in his arms; at his left, Joachim and Anna; at his right, Joseph. In Guido's second manner. In foreground a little boy plays with two doves, and a girl kneeling offers two other doves for sacrifice. Sixteen figures. Replica, smaller, in the Louvre. Engraved by J. Kovatsch and by Couet.—Gal. de Vienne, ii. Pl. 65; Réveil, xii. 812.

By Andrea Mantegna, Berlin Museum; canvas, tempera, H. 2 ft. 2 in. × 2 ft. 8 in. The Virgin presents Jesus to Simeon, in presence of Joseph, Anna, and another. Painted about 1464; formerly in Bembo