St. Anne and the Virgin Mary
unknown (Austrian School)
Basic information
- ID
- С-I-262
- Author
- unknown (Austrian School)
- Name
- St. Anne and the Virgin Mary
- Date of creation
- 18th c.
- Country
- Austria
- Culture
- Modern times
- Technique
- carving
- Material
- wood gilt
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 20 x 12 x 9
Additionally
- Type
- sculpture
- Genre
- religious
- Plot
- Saint Anne Virgin Mary
- Provenance
- Collection of Leon Pininski
Information about author
Object description
Saint Anne is the mother of the Virgin Mary and the grandmother of Jesus Christ. She is not mentioned in the Bible; her entire life story is based on the Apocrypha, particularly the Proto-Gospel of James. She is one of the most revered saints in Christianity. According to the apocryphal legends, Anna was a descendant of King David, the daughter of the priest Matan of the tribe of Judah, and the aunt of St. Elizabeth, the mother of St. John the Baptist. She married the wealthy and pious Joachim, with whom she lived in Nazareth. She is the patron saint of pregnant women, mothers, and grandmothers. The peculiarities of the sculptural image of the saints from the collection of Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery are the festivity of the image and the skilful modelling of the forms. The figures are static, frontal and, at the same time, full of Baroque expression.
Legal regulation
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