In this artwork, how is the History discussed?
The date of the painting is unknown, but it belongs to the painter's youth in Padua. Date ranges from 1453, when Mantegna married Nicolosia Bellini, daughter Jacopo Bellini painter and the sister of Giovanni and Gentile, both painters as their father, and 1460 when he left for Mantua. Giovanni Bellini's Presentation at the Temple, explicitly inspired by Mantegna's, dates to around the latter year.
Giovanni Bellini Jacopo Bellini Giovanni Gentile Mantegna Presentation at the Temple Mantua Padua