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Saint Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read
Master of Sir John Fastolfabout 1430–1440
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The young Virgin Mary holds an open book as her mother, Saint Anne, guides her reading. Saint Anne's teaching of her daughter is described in The Golden Legend, a collection of popular stories about the saints. This image also reflects the use of books of hours, such as this one, as primers for children. The glittering gold, blue, red, and green checkerboard pattern that fills the background of the scene was a typical decorative motif in manuscript illumination around the year 1400.
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Details
- Title: Saint Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read
- Creator: Master of Sir John Fastolf
- Date Created: about 1430–1440
- Location Created: France; or England
- Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 12.1 × 9.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in.)
- Type: Folio
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.ML.723.45v
- Culture: French or English
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 5, fol. 45v
- Creator Display Name: Master of Sir John Fastolf (French, active before about 1420 - about 1450)
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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