The Tuscan & Venetian artists, their thought & work (1904)
Rea, Hope 1860- · London, J. M. Dent · leaf 116
life of the VirginMary. The story of the life and death of the Madonnais one constantly recurring as a subject in Christian art.Found in one of the apocryphal gospels, it is illustratedby painters and sculptors countless times. Joachim and Anna, runs the story, were a childlesscouple in old Judea.… … DREAMLAND AND REALITY 75 their prayers be granted, the child should be dedicated tothe temple service. But as years passed on, their hopesgrew less, and one year, when approaching the altar inthe Temple at Jerusalem, with his accustomed ofFering,Joachim was repulsed by the High-Priest, who…
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