Early gothic statue of Simeon (1220) holding the Christ child, part of the right hand portal of Reims Cathedral.
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According to the Gospel of St Luke when Jesus was presented to the temple Simeon who had received a promise that we would not die before he had seen the Messiah, took Jesus into his arms and called him a Light to the World.
This sculptural group on the central portal of Reims Cathedral represents the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, one of the most refined narrative ensembles on the west façade. The Virgin Mary and Simeon, who occupy the central positions, belong to the original campaign of sculpture executed around 1235, during the mature High Gothic phase of the cathedral’s decorative programme. Their elongated proportions, gentle sway, and finely articulated drapery exemplify the distinctive Reims style, with its emphasis on elegance, naturalism, and expressive modelling.
Simeon, detail from the "Presentation in the Temple" scene on the central portal of Reims Cathedral.
This fresco depicting the Simeon is by Fra Angelico and is in the Dominican monastery of San Marco, Florence.
These two figures, St Peter on the left and St Simeon holding the Christ Child on the right, are genuine late medieval survivals from a larger pre-Reformation glazing scheme. Their faces, haloes, and upper drapery retain the characteristic modelling of c.1480–1520 English glass.
These four stained-glass panels in the quire clerestory of Gloucester Cathedral were designed and executed by Clayton and Bell, one of the foremost English glass studios of the Victorian era. The sequence depicts Zechariah and St Elizabeth, the parents of St John the Baptist, together with St John himself and St Simeon
Stained glass panel depicting Simeon by Burlison and Grylls (1892) in a south window of the Lady Chapel Worcester Cathedral.
These stained glass panels depict the "Presentation in the Temple", in All Saints church Swinford, are by Clayton and Bell.