Rijksmuseum

De heilige maagschap

Date

c. 1495

Medium

oil paint (paint), oak (wood)

Culture

Haarlem

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Christ’s next of kin are gathered in an imaginary medieval church. The term for such a scene derives from the word for a blood relation. At left, the Virgin (in blue) is seated with Jesus on her lap beside her mother, Anne. Behind them stand their husbands, Joachim and Joseph. At right sits Mary’s cousin Elizabeth with her son, John the Baptist.

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