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The scenes on this panel describe the conception of the Virgin Mary by her mother Anne. In the upper scene Anne’s husband Joachim attempts to make an offering of a lamb at the temple but is turned away before he reaches the altar by two bearded priests. According to the Golden Legend, a thirteenth-century compilation of the lives of the saints, he was unwelcome because of his childlessness. The next scene appears on a different panel, The Angel appearing to Saint Joachim and (below) The Birth of the Virgin. The lower image here continues the story at a later stage. It shows Joachim and Anne kissing in front of the Golden Gate at the entrance to Jerusalem. The city is shown as a fortified and walled jumble of pitched roofs and domes, set in a hilly landscape: the artist’s vision of the rocky scenery of the Middle East.
Title
Saint Joachim's Offering rejected and The Meeting at the Golden Gate
Date
1375-1400
Medium
Tempera on wood
Measurements
H 63.4 x W 26.8 cm
Accession number
NG4250.2
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by H.E. Luxmoore, 1927
Work type
Painting
