The Virgin with the Child Jesus and the Child John

Origin: Kuban – Ukraine
Age: XIXth century
Composition: Tempera on wood
Measures Cms: 70,0 X 54,0 X 2,0

John was virginally conceived like Jesus, six months in advance. The Angel Gabriel appeared to Zacharias, John’s father, and announced that despite his old age and being sterile, he would have a son with his wife, Saint Elizabeth, who would be the forerunner of Jesus. Six months later, the Angel appeared to Mary the Virgin to announce that she was going to be the Mother of the Son of God and to give her the news of her cousin Elizabeth’s pregnancy. Mar?a went to find her cousin and helped her for 3 months until Saint John was born.