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The subject of the Meeting of Joachim and Anna, the parents of the Virgin Mary, comes from 'The Golden Legend' (CXXIX). Their gestures of greeting are an unusual way of representing the subject for the date and may reflect an earlier prototype. The carving is also unusually large and was perhaps a specific commission. It once belonged to the son of John Hardman Junior (1811–1867), of Birmingham, who made ecclesiastical objects for the Gothic Revival designer and architect A. W. N. Pugin (1812–1852). Conceivably the carving was supplied by Pugin as a workshop model.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Birmingham

Title

The Meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate

Date

c.1500

Medium

wood (oak)

Measurements

H 55.9 x W 40.3 x D (?) cm

Accession number

40.10

Acquisition method

purchased at auction in Birmingham, 1940

Work type

Statue

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TS England

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