Graffigny, church - stained glass window
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This stained glass window represents the education of the Virgin Mary by her parents, Saint Anne and Saint Joachim.
This stained glass window depicts the education of the Virgin Mary by her parents, Saint Anne and Saint Joachim. In the center, the kneeling girl, in blue, is Mary, the future mother of Christ. On the left, the seated elderly woman, dressed in red and purple, is Saint Anne, who teaches Mary. On the right, a bearded man in a green coat, is leaning on a stick. This is Saint Joachim, Mary's father. The background depicts a domestic interior with architecture reminiscent of Antiquity, a staircase and an opening onto a landscape. The frame of the stained glass window is richly decorated with plant motifs and neo-Gothic elements, with a handwritten inscription "N. Vermonet Reims 19??".This stained glass window depicts the education of the Virgin Mary by her parents, Saint Anne and Saint Joachim. In the center, the kneeling girl, in blue, is Mary, the future mother of Christ. On the left, the seated elderly woman, dressed in red and purple, is Saint Anne, who teaches Mary. On the right, a bearded man in a green coat, is leaning on a stick. This is Saint Joachim, Mary's father. The background depicts a domestic interior with architecture reminiscent of Antiquity, a staircase and an opening onto a landscape. The frame of the stained glass window is richly decorated with plant motifs and neo-Gothic elements, with a handwritten inscription "N. Vermonet Reims 19??".
This stained glass window depicts the education of the Virgin Mary by her parents, Saint Anne and Saint Joachim. In the center, the kneeling girl, in blue, is Mary, the future mother of Christ. On the left, the seated elderly woman, dressed in red and purple, is Saint Anne, who teaches Mary. On the right, a bearded man in a green coat, is leaning on a stick. This is Saint Joachim, Mary's father. The background depicts a domestic interior with architecture reminiscent of Antiquity, a staircase and an opening onto a landscape. The frame of the stained glass window is richly decorated with plant motifs and neo-Gothic elements, with a handwritten inscription "N. Vermonet Reims 19??".
