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Saint Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read
Creator
Master of Sir John FastolfFrench Illuminator · 1420–1450
All works by this person →The Master of Sir John Fastolf was an anonymous illuminator active in France and England in the second quarter of the 1400s, during the period of French-English strife known as the Hundred Years War. The Master's name comes from a manuscript he illuminated for Sir John Fastolf in England around 1450. The Master of Sir John Fastolf first worked in Paris with the Boucicaut Master before 1420 and the
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- about 1430–1440
- Medium
- Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink
- Culture
- French or English
- Department
- Manuscripts
- Institution
- Getty Museum
The young Virgin Mary holds an open book as her mother, Saint Anne, guides her reading. Saint Anne's teaching of her daughter is described in *The Golden Legend*, a collection of popular stories about the saints. This image also reflects the use of books of hours, such as this one, as primers for children. The glittering gold, blue, red, and green checkerboard pattern that fills the background of the scene was a typical decorative motif in manuscript illumination around the year 1400.
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