1445 (ca.), Fra Filippo Lippi, The Meeting at the Golden Gate -- Ashmolean Museum (Oxford)
From the museum label: An angel blesses Joachim and Anna, who meet at the Golden Gate of Jerusalem. This was traditionally seen as the moment when the Virgin Mary was conceived. A female figure acts as a witness. The atmospheric landscape with birds and animals may refer to the biblical Psalm 42.
Probably painted about 1440-1445, this came from the predella (lower section) of an altar-piece.
1445 (ca.), Fra Filippo Lippi, The Meeting at the Golden Gate -- Ashmolean Museum (Oxford)
From the museum label: An angel blesses Joachim and Anna, who meet at the Golden Gate of Jerusalem. This was traditionally seen as the moment when the Virgin Mary was conceived. A female figure acts as a witness. The atmospheric landscape with birds and animals may refer to the biblical Psalm 42.
Probably painted about 1440-1445, this came from the predella (lower section) of an altar-piece.