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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 827056, member: 2844&quot;]I&#039;m with the others, Mary and Jesus.</p><p><br /></p><p>When St Anne is depicted with Mary on her arm or lap, Mary is generally seated on the left, wearing a dress, often decorated with Mary lilies for purity, and has long hair.</p><p>St Anne is depicted as an older lady, often with lines in her face and under her veil the hood which older ladies wore in the Middle Ages.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a young woman with just a veil to cover her head, and baby Jesus is depicted the usual way, which is as a baby with short hair and semi-dressed or with a veil across his nether regions.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Partial nudity is fine for baby Jesus, but not for young Mary.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This marked difference in depiction is to distinguish Anne and Mary from Mary and Jesus.</p><p>These are examples of Anne with Mary on her arm:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-R_-RnmJP8co%2FTi7Eys3gFJI%2FAAAAAAAAA8k%2Fh4mQ8Fryihw%2Fs1600%2FSaint_Anne_by_LordShadowblade.jpg&amp;sp=96b542e67c6b45560716196aecf4957f" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.catholictradition.org%2FAnne%2Fanne7-1.jpg&amp;sp=107f7ca0b4239fa9c61f89fc5b4941fd" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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