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Anna selbdritt

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"In Christian iconography, Anna selbdritt refers to a representation of St. Anne with her daughter Mary and the infant Jesus. The image type belongs to the devotional images that emerged in the late Middle Ages and particularly frequently and in many forms in Germany and the Netherlands, but also in Italy and Spain. The expression "selbdritt" is an old word which means "in a threesome"." de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_selbdritt

 

"Names for this particular subject in other languages include:

Dutch: Anna te Drieën

French: Anne Trinitaire [...]

Italian: Anna Metterza

Slovene: Ana Samotretja"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_and_Child_with_Saint_Anne

 

I still wonder who the saint with the knife in his hand is.

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