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Click to view high resolution image Title: Holy Kinship Creator: Master of the Ortenberg Altar Description: The cult of St. Anne and the Holy Kinship expressed an interest in the lives of Christ and the Virgin as well as the rising status of marriage and motherhood, which by the late fifteenth centurywere viewed as compatible with sainthood. Here the artist illustrates Anne’s trinubium (three marriages), discussed in the Golden Legend. The image shows Anne accompanied by her daughters Mary Salome, Mary Cleophas and Mary the mother of Christ and their children. The Virgin sits in the upper center with St. Anne to the left and St. Elizabeth with John the Baptist to the right. St. Joseph is excluded from the seated ensemble but stands behind Mary and Anne. Mary Cleophas sits with her four sons to the far left. St. Servatius, a fourth-century bishop of Maastricht and supposedly a distant relation of Christ, sits to the far right. Below from left to right are Mary Salome with her two sons, St. Agnes, St. Barbara, and St. Dorothy. Source: Wikimedia Commons Rights: Public domain Subject (See Also): Agnes of Rome, Martyr, Saint Angels Anne, Mother of the Virgin, Saint Barbara, Martyr, Saint Bishops Books Holy Kinship Dorothy, Martyr, Saint Infants Mary, Virgin, Saint and Child Readers Spindle in Art Spinning in Art Geographic Area: Germany Century: 15 Date: after 1425-1430 Related Work: Ortenberg Altar Current Location: Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum Original Location: Mainz Artistic Type (Category): Digital images; Paintings Artistic Type (Material/Technique): Altarpieces (center panel); Oil; Gold; Wood Donor: Height/Width/Length(cm): // Inscription: Each halo stamped with name of corresponding figure Related Resources:

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