A Sword Will Pierce
Your Own Soul Too
The Life of Mary and
the Passion of Christ
in the Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer
Life of Mary
Refusal of Joachim’s Offering
According to the Golden Legend, Mary’s
father, Joachim, was a priest whose offering was refused because he and his
wife Anna (who were both well along in years) were childless.
c. 1504