St. Joseph with the Christ Child, Martino Altomonte;   ?
Martino Altomonte
St. Joseph with the Christ Child
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Martino Altomonte ?

St. Joseph with the Christ Child, 1701 – 1800


Dimensions
69.1 x 51.9 cm
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Inventory Number
1641
Object Number
1641R
Acquisition
Acquired in 1921 as a gift from Kurt Walter Bachstitz
Status
Not on display

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There are paintings of equal quality on either side of this oval. Joachim and Joseph – the father and husband of the Virgin Mary – were revered chiefly in southern Germany and Austria. This pair of images was perhaps carried in processions as a banner. In gratitude for the pregnancy of his aged wife, Anna, Joachim sacrificed a lamb after the conception. Joseph’s attribute is a flowering staff – according to legend, a symbol that he has been chosen as Mary’s husband. As Jesus’ ‘foster father’, he was the patron saint of marriage and child-rearing.

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06.11.2024