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Due to the invention and advancement of printing technology and the development of the woodcut and engraving, artistic ideas and illustrations could be freely circulated and soon became essential aids to the work of a maiolica painter. If the workshop itself did not own the requisite texts, it is likely they could access them through their patrons.\r\n\r\nThe subject of the Presentation in the Temple is based on a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer, whose initials appear on the tablet that can been seen hanging on a pillar to the left of the composition. 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