Pictured is the work known as Virgin and Child with St. Anne, created by Jan Joest van Kalkar. The work employs a strategy similar to the fourth style of Roman wall-painting, in the fact that it pictures a flat color and then is painted within a frame. Depicted in the picture, as the name suggests, is the Virgin Mary and Christ along with Saint Anne who lingers in the back, lovingly caring for both the Virgin and the Child. The white gown that is loosely draped from the Virgin Mary and the headdress of Saint Anne symbolize the purity of both of them. Saint Anne is depicted as a protector and the Virgin Mary is depicted as the queen of heaven, as the blue of her dress is associated with that ideal. In Christ's hands are prayer beads, which are traditionally used for the worship of the Virgin Mary. This painting was found in the Columbus Museum of Art.
-Brooke Ripley
Works Cited:
“Interpretive Resource.” The Art Institute of Chicago, www.artic.edu/aic/resources/resource/2688.
Stokstad, Marilyn, and Michael Watt Cothren. Art History. Pearson, 2018.
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