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Here, Joseph holds a rod that is lush with olive leaves, the Holy Ghost in the form of a dove nestled in its branches – a sign of divine approval. Behind him unsuccessful suitors break their barren rods in frustration.
The picture was once part of a predella, a horizontal series of images running along the bottom of an altarpiece. Gregorio was from Siena, a city dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and the division of the picture into three follows the pattern set by artists who painted scenes from the Virgin’s life for the city’s cathedral in the mid-1340s.
Title
The Marriage of the Virgin
Date
about 1423
Medium
Egg tempera on wood
Measurements
H 41 x W 33.2 cm
Accession number
NG1317
Acquisition method
Bought, 1890
Work type
Painting
