Meeting of Joachim and Anne at the Golden Gate
- Subject
- Late Gothic retable depicting scenes from the lives of Mary and Jesus
- Author, school, workshop
- Wit Stwosz (ca. 1448-1533)
- Contributor
- -
- Style
- Late Gothic
- Date
- 1477-1489
- Type
- Altarpiece in the form of a pentaptych
- Material and technique
- Wood/carving, gilding, polychrome
- Size
- 2,5 × 2,3 m
- Signatures and inscriptions
- -
- Identity number
- -
- Department
- -
- Links/analogies
- -
- Owner
- Saint Mary's Basilica in Krakow
- Copyright
- Saint Mary's Basilica in Krakow
- Location
- Saint Mary's altar (by Wit Stwosz) in the presbytery
- Description
- The meeting of the Blessed Virgin Mary's parents at the Jerusalem gate, known as the Golden Gate, was regarded by medieval theologians as the moment of the miraculous conception of the Mother of the Saviour. The Annunciation to Joachim reminds us that the birth of the Immaculate One was a great grace from God and a foreshadowing of the Annunciation of the birth of Jesus.
