DEUX ÉLÉMENTS DE RETABLE

TWO ALTARPIECES
in carved and painted oak wood
polychrome and gilded, depicting
respectively the marriage of Saint Joseph
and the Virgin Mary in the presence
three figures surrounding the Temple priest
on one, and an Annunciation on the other
which features the rare detail of the Virgin praying
in the presence of St. Anne, her mother,
in the background.
Flanders, second half of the 15th century.
Heights: 32 and 28.5 cm - Widths: 20 cm
Depths: 10 cm
(Small accidents and missing pieces)
The rare detail of the dying Saint Anne
in the background of our Annunciation adds
to the gentleness of this scene of the Angelic
symbolic expression of Charity and Filial Piety
and filial Piety of the Blessed Virgin.