08 works, Today, July 25th, is Saint Anna’s day, her story thru art #206

Henry Zaidan
1 min readJul 25, 2020

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Francesco Melzi, (1491–1568)
St Anne with the Virgin and the Child and a Lamb, between 1520 and 1525

Oil on panel
Height: 99 cm (38.9 in); Width: 72 cm (28.3 in)
Uffizi Museum

Saint Anna, the mother of the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary), was the wife of St. Joachim and the daughter of Mattham, a Levi priest. St. Joachim was of the lineage of Judah and a descendant of King David. Anna was the daughter of Matthan the priest, from the lineage of Levi, as was Aaron the high priest. Matthan had three daughter…

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Henry Zaidan
Henry Zaidan

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