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Original fileThe Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph stand at the center of a crowded architectural space as a high priest joins their hands. Mary is accompanied by a group of women on the left, while Joseph is followed by men on the right, all rendered in the elongated, elegant style of the International Gothic. The scene is framed by elaborate Gothic arches and columns that create a sense of sacred interior space.
This work represents the mystical and monastic artistic tradition of Florence in the early 15th century, immediately preceding the Neoplatonic revival. Lorenzo Monaco, a Camaldolese monk, was a key figure in the spiritual and intellectual environment of the Santa Maria degli Angeli monastery, which served as a precursor to later Florentine humanist circles.
Golden Legend (Legenda Aurea)
The primary medieval source used by Renaissance artists for the narrative details of the life and marriage of the Virgin Mary not found in the canonical Gospels.
Protevangelium of James
An early apocryphal text that established the tradition of the Virgin's childhood and the selection of Joseph as her husband.
Object
Oil on panel
religious
Digital Source
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.
Public domain
2536 × 3479 px
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May 19, 2005
March 23, 2026
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