The Annuciation to St Joachim, ca. 1493 – 1494

Title

The Annuciation to St Joachim

Painter

• Macrino d'Alba

Altar

Virgin and Child, The Annunciation to Joachim, and The Meeting at the Golden Gate

Part Number / Total

2 / 3

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Poplar

Material

• poplar wood

Technique

• mixed technique

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1831

Genre

• altarpiece
• depiction of a saint
• historical narration
• literary representation

Main Motif

• annunciation
• Joachim
• man
• angel
• animal

Persons Shown

• Joachim

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Mary
• Anne (saint)

Illustrated Passage

• Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984, S. 680

Primary

• 73A2332 annunciation of the birth of Mary to Joachim by an angel
• 31A233(+4) kneeling figure (+ three-quarter view)
• 11Q21 one person praying
• 11G1921 angel(s) with book(-scroll) or banderole

Secondary

• 22C311 nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things
• 47I221 herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.
• 25H112 rocks
• 25G3 trees
• 48C149 ruin of a building ~ architecture
• 12F61 temple, shrine ~ Roman religion

Associative

• 25H214 lake