Date : near 1400
Dimensions : 32 cm x 44 cm
Material : Tempera on canvas
Acquisition : Samuel H. Kress Collection (1939)
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Italian Painting
Painting (Thème religieux)
Area related
Siena (Italy)
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This panel, as well as The Nativity of the Virgin and The Presentation of the Virgin, were part of a predella, small panels below the large central image of an altarpiece. Here, in the first panel of the series, Mary's aged father Joachim and mother Anne give alms to the poor. To their left a priest stands under the elaborate portico of the temple, from which Joachim had been expelled because the couple's childlessness was seen as a sign of God's disfavor.
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