A half-length painted portrait of an old man with gray hair and a gray and white beard, wearing a dark shirt and a tan-colored cloak. He holds an open book in his left hand; his face is bent down to read it.
St. Joachim Reading a Book, c. 1650, by #MichaelinaWautier (So. Netherlands, 1617-1689). Held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, www.khm.at/en/artworks/... #womenartists #artherstory #FeastofStJoachim
A painting of the Holy Family in an interior, including a white-haired and -bearded Joseph at far left; the seated Madonna; nude Baby Jesus in the middle, reaching with his right arm and hand toward his mother; then Saint Anne holding the baby; and finally, slightly behind Anne, Saint Joachim (also with white hair and beard).
Holy Family with #StJoachim & #StAnne (Holy Family of the Cherries), 1662, by #ElisabettaSirani (Italian, 1638–1665). Private collection; source, uffizi.it/en/online-ex... #FeastofStAnne #FeastofStJoachim #FeastofStJoachimandStAnne #womenartists #artherstory
