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All those who say or sing this 'goig' or hear it sung or recited are awarded 760 days of indulgences in addition to the 2280 already granted.

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. Print with letterpress.

All those who say or sing this 'goig' or hear it sung or recited are awarded 780 days of indulgences in addition to the 2280 already granted.

1 print edged with canvas and mounted on card : line engraving

Saint Anne educates the young Virgin Mary; Joachim stands behind them. Engraving.

Bible. N.T. Luke 1.26-35. The attitudes and postures of the Virgin and the angel vary significantly in different represenations of the Annunciation. The Virgin's hand is usually active; sometimes she is intently studying, sometimes she is in a gesture of surprise. She may be glorified, or on the other hand she may kneel. Then the angel varies in relation to her: he might kneel before her. After the Council of Trent, the angel was set in the air, "reacting against the excessive 'familiarity' of religious art of the 15th century" (L. Réau, Iconographie de l'art chrétien, Presses Universitaires de France : Paris, 1957, vol. 2, book 2, pp. 178-187, particularly p. 182)
The angel Gabriel folds his arms; Mary lifts her veil

1 print : line engraving with etching ; border 40.2 x 27.3 cm

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

1 print : line engraving ; sheet 13.1 x 9.1 cm

Saint Anne with her child, the Virgin Mary. Engraving.

The Virgin Mary as an infant among maids. Engraving.

Anne and Joachim are described in the apocryphal Protevangelium of James and the 'Golden Legend' anthology of the middle ages. After anxiously praying separately for an end to their barrenness, they are both visited by an angel who announces that Mary will be born miraculously to them in old age. Their embrace at the Golden Gate is representative of the conception

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Saint Anne educates the young Virgin Mary; Joachim stands behind them. Engraving.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. Print with letterpress.

Saint Anne with her child, the Virgin Mary. Engraving.

The Virgin Mary as an infant among maids. Engraving.

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. Print with letterpress.

The aged Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary, meets Joachim by the Golden Gate at Jerusalem. Engraving.

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Saint Anne educates the young Virgin Mary; Joachim stands behind them. Engraving.

The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Cort after Titian.

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. Print with letterpress.

Saint Anne with her child, the Virgin Mary. Engraving.

The Virgin Mary as an infant among maids. Engraving.

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