Sebastiano del Piombo and Francesco Salviati
The Birth of the Virgin
ca. 1555
Oil on wall
Church
of Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
Unusually, St. Anne sits erect in the middle of the painting, strong
and solid as a Picasso mother,
while various bits of business are performed at the margins.
More of the birth of the Virgin
Photographed at the
site by Richard Stracke