GIOVANNI FRANCESCO DA RIMINI
(b. ca. 1420, Rimini, d. ca. 1470, Bologna)

The Angel Appearing to Joachim; The Birth of the Virgin

1440s
Tempera on wood, 59 x 30 cm (each)
Musée du Louvre, Paris

The picture shows two panels from a series of twelve depicting scenes from the life of the Virgin. These panels flanked a central sculpted or painted element of an altarpiece.