Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, probably 1519, Oil on linden, 23 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (60 x 49.8 cm), Paintings, Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg), This haunting devotional painting depicts Saint Anne, who was particularly venerated in Germany, with the Virgin and the Child. The motif of the sleeping infant, foreshadowing Christ’s death, was probably inspired by Giovanni Bellini, whose work Dürer admired during his sojourn in Venice
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Virgin, Child, Saint Anne, 1519, Oil, linden, 23 5/8 x 19 5/8, 60 49.8 cm, Paintings, Albrecht Dürer, German, Nuremberg, 1471–1528, haunting, devotional, painting, depicts, Saint, Anne, particularly venerated, Germany, motif, sleeping infant, foreshadowing Christ, death, inspired, Giovanni Bellini, work, admired, sojourn, Venice
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