The ''Sant'Anna Altarpiece'' is the earliest surviving work in tempera by Gaudenzio Ferrari in the city of Vercelli. He received the commission for the work on 26 July 1508 from the Congregation of Sant'Anna for the church of Sant'Anna and completed it on 7 May 1509. The main body of the altarpiece was made up of six panels, all of which survive: * ''Joachim Expelled from the Temple'' ( Galleria Sabauda) * ''Madonna and Child with

Saint Anne According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come o ...

and the brother donors'' (Galleria Sabauda) * ''Saints

Joachim Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocryphal ...

and Anne meeting at the Golden Gate'' (lower register) and ''God the Father'' (upper register) (Galleria Sabauda) * ''The Angel Gabriel'' ( National Gallery) * ''Virgin of the Annunciation'' (National Gallery)

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