# The Annunciation to Joachim [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BARTOLO DI FREDI]() - Date: 1351-1400 - Technique: Tempera and gold on wood, 25 x 37 cm ## Commentary The Annunciation to Joachim c. 1383 Tempera and gold on wood, 25 x 37 cm Pinacoteca, Vatican This small panel was one of a polyptych from the life of the Virgin. It was a commission granted to Bartolo di Fredi by the Company of Saint Peter on May 9, 1585, for the Chapel of the Annunciation in the Church of S. Francesco in Montalcino, where the artist had already painted other works. The polyptych has since been broken up, and parts of it can be seen in various museums. This small panel portrays Saint Joachim in a mountainous setting. The angel Gabriel has come to bring him the news that his wife, Saint Anne, will bear a child. On the right side there are two shepherds near their flock, one of whom holds a bagpipe. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation]() - [Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Scenes from the Old Testament]() - [St Anthony Abbot]() - [St John the Evangelist]() - [St Lawrence]() - [The Adoration of the Magi]() - [The Coronation of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [The Coronation of the Virgin]() - [The Presentation in the Temple]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()