Themed images for Saint-Joachim.

Thu, 04/28/2011 - 12:03 - Detail Life of Mary Window. Chartres Cathedral France 28/04/2011
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Panel from the Life of the Virgin stained glass window at Chartres Cathedral depicting Joachim, and Anne's rejected sacrifice in the temple.

 

Thu, 04/28/2011 - 11:58 - Detail Life of Mary Window. Chartres Cathedral France 28/04/2011
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Joachim after his sacrifice to the temple had been rejected went into the hills to tend to his sheep and pray for a child. In this panel from the Life of the Virgin Mary (1217-1220), at Chartres Cathedral, the angel Gabriel is telling him that he will be the father of the Virgin Mary.

 

Thu, 04/28/2011 - 11:58 - Detail Life of Mary Window. Chartres Cathedral France 28/04/2011
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This panel of Joachim and Anne talking together is apart of the Life of the Virgin Window at Chartres Cathedral.

 

Thu, 04/28/2011 - 11:41 - Presentation of Mary in the Temple (1520). Chartres Cathedral France 28/04/2011
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Showing St Joachim, St Anne and the Virgin Mary, this sculpture by Jehan Soulas dated from 1519-1521, is part of the choir screen at Chartres cathedral.

Thu, 04/28/2011 - 11:49 - Annunciation of the Virgin Mary to Joachim (1519). Chartres Cathedral France 28/04/2011
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Having fled into the the mountains with the shepherds and the sheep, Joachim is toild by the angel Gabriel that he and Anne will have a daughter. This is one of the scenes based the Protevangelium that were sculpted by Jehan Soulas, between 1519-1521, for the Choir Screen at Chartres Cathedral