c. 1650
34.5 x 26.5 cm (13 9/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
The artist's estate; his niece, Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella, Paris; Michel de Masso, Paris, by descent; Gaetano Minossi, Rome (by c. 1756); Thomas Talbot, Margam Castle, Port Talbot, Wales (as Nicolas Poussin; by c. 1776); Lady Beythswood, Penrice Castle, Glamorgan, Gower Peninsula, Wales, by descent; Christopher Methuen-Campbell, Penrice Castle, Glamorgan, Gower Peninsula, Wales, by descent; sale, Christie’s, London, 9 December 1986, lot 123 (as "Presentation in the Temple"); sale, Christie’s, New York, 13 January 1987, lot 105 (as "Sacrifice of Anna"); Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London; Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston (inv. no. D-F-268); Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz in honor of James Cuno, 2006.318
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