The Virgin Mary´s family

St. Anna with Virgin Mary and Child, 1500 CE, Vonsbek Church, Jylland (Denmark), National Museum of Denmark (Copenhagen, Denmark). Made with Memento Beta (now ReMake) from AutoDesk. The Virgin Mary´s family. The Bible does not tell us much of the Virgin Mary´s background and family. But writings from Early Christianity tell of the old, childless couple Anna and Jachim, who became, with the help of God, the parents of Mary. A popular subject in the religious art of the 15-16th century was St. Anna with Madonna and Child.In the Middle Ages the story was enlarged upon, to tell of Anna´s three marriages and her wider "Holy Family" For more updates, please follow @GeoffreyMarchal on Twitter.