St Anne teaching the Virgin to read
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Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
This stone group was carved by an unknown artist in France in ca. 1500-1530.
The group represents St Anne teaching the Virgin to read. St Anne, dressed as a widow with hood and veil, stands holding the book: The Virgin, standing beside her, follows the lines with a pointer.
Devotional images of the young Virgin being taught to read by her mother were popular from the fourteenth century onwards, and were to be found in convents, churches and private houses.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- 411-1905
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
