The Meeting at the Golden Gate, ca. 1493 – 1494

Title

The Meeting at the Golden Gate

Painter

• Macrino d'Alba

Altar

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

Part Number / Total

3 / 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

• Anne (saint)
• Joachim
• Jerusalem
• woman
• man

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Joachim
• Anne (saint)
• God the Father

Illustrated Passage

• Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984, S. 681

Primary

• 73A235 meeting of Anna and Joachim at the Golden Gate; they usually embrace or kiss each other (immaculate conception of Mary)
• 11C23(+3) God the Father as bearded old man, usually with crown or tiara or sceptre and/or globe (+ angel(s))
• 11F21 Mary as child
• 31A2522 hands folded

Secondary

• 22C311 nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things
• 11Q712 church (exterior)
• 41A12 castle
• 25G3 trees
• 25H114 low hill country