High Priest Refusing Joachim's Offering

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High Priest Refusing Joachim's Offering

Israhel van MeckenemLinkedCulture matchlcp-e07f3d58b8f6

Date
c. 1490–1500
Medium
Engraving
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
47977

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This engraving is one of twelve plates in Israhel van Meckenem's Life of the Virgin series, dating about 1490-1500. Joachim, the father of Mary, made an offering at the temple prior to the birth of Mary. His offering was rejected by the high priest since only offerings of those who had fathered a child could be accepted. Joachim went into the wilderness to fast and pray for forty days and nights. As he was attending sheep in the mountains an angel appeared to him and advised him that Anne would soon give birth to a daughter. In this composition, the angel appears to Joachim in the upper left corner. Germany, Europe

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Bequest of Herschel V. Jones

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