Title
Virgin and Child with St Anne, 1630. Creator: Dirck van Hoogstraten.
Caption
Virgin and Child with St Anne, 1630. Also known in English by its German name, Anna Selbdritt, such depictions as the present painting show three generations of the Holy Family. The bunch of grapes Anna offers the Christ Child is a Eucharistic symbol, and refers to Mary as the vine on which the grapes (Christ) grew. The figures are shown in an ordinary domestic interior. The curtain behind Mary, while not seeming out of place, functions as a rather modest cloth of honour. The mirror, with a small broom appended to it, hanging next to the window is probably a reference to Mary’s Immaculate Conception.
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM23A68_383
Model release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,8Mb (2,1Mb) / 12,3in x 16,0in / 3704 x 4796 (300dpi)