Title
The Meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate, 1504. Creator: Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528).
Caption
The Meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate, 1504. The first three woodcuts of Dürer?s narrative (1959.99.2-4) portray the events leading up to the Virgin?s birth. According to an apocryphal text, Mary?s parents, Joachim and Anna, had remained childless into old age. After Joachim?s offering at the temple was rejected for this reason, the angel Gabriel appeared to him in the wilderness to announce that his wife would soon bear a child. At this news, the two tenderly embraced at the city?s gate.
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM19G13_349
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Droits gérés
Available size
57,2Mo (6,1Mo) / 31,8cm x 45,0cm / 3760 x 5317 (300dpi)