A painting of the Holy Family with the seer Anna, at the temple on the day of Jesus' presentation. In the foreground are a frontlit Mary and Jesus, with the child standing on a white cloth on a surface on whcih also sits a sprig of a plant with red flowers or buds. He looks at the seer Anna, who stands facing sideways, holding out her arms up in front of her, with something (fruit? an apple?) in her left hand. In the background are Joseph and another person in red, holding up a bunch of green grapes over the mother and child.
The Holy Family with an angel and the prophetess Anna, 1795, by #CatharinaTreu (German, 1743-1811). Held by Historical Museum Bamberg, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:17... #artherstory #nuntastic #CandlemasDay #womenartists #FeastofCandlemas #nuntastic #Candlemas #FeastofthePresentationoftheLord
