GOZZOLI, Benozzo
(b. ca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia)

Meeting at the Golden Gate

1491
Transferred fresco
Biblioteca Comunale, Castelfiorentino

This scene is on the interior wall of the Shrine of the Visitation. The meeting at the Golden Gate takes place before the backdrop of a contemporary cityscape. Benozzo has highlighted the two main figures in the centre of the picture by means of the contrast between the group of women quietly standing near to Anne and the group of men in motion behind Joachim.




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