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The Offering of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne at the Temple

Museum tags: 
Medieval Gothic Art
Gallardo Collection
Location: 
Sala 017
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Collection: 
Medieval Gothic Art
Artist / Maker / Authority: 
Anonymous

This panel would most likely be a fragment of a head rail, on which a beam framework would have rested. Its religious theme is the rare one of the Virgin Mary's parents making their offering at the Temple, in which the Jewish priest and his acolytes are characterised by their long hooded capes, which became regulation attire for them in the Kingdom of Aragon after the Lateran Council of 1215. This particularity became a common feature of Gothic painting during the first half of the XIVth century. This piece has come to enrich the museum's collection of coffered ceiling elements, which are normally purely ornamental or profane in theme.

Dating: 
c. 1300
Dimensions: 
22 x 70 x 3.3 cm

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Acquisition: 

Long-term loan from the Generalitat de Catalunya. National Art Collection. Given by Don Antonio Gallardo Ballart, 2015

Inventory number: 
251557-000