Virgin and Child with Saint Anne The role of the Messiah's grandparents in salvation history was commonly depicted in early medieval devotional art in a vertical double-Madonna arrangement known as the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne. Another typical subject has Anne teaching the Virgin Mary the Scriptures.
virgin and child with saint anne the role of the messiah's grandparents in salvation history was commonly depicted in early medieval devotional art in a vertical double-madonna arrangement known as the virgin and child with saint anne another typical subject has anne teaching the virgin mary the scriptures