The Holy Kinship (German: Heilige Sippe, Dutch: Heilige Maagschap) was the extended family of Jesus supposedly descended from his maternal grandmother Saint Anne through her trinubium or three marriages. The group were a popular subject in religious art throughout Germany and the Low Countries, especially during the late 15th and early 16th centuries, but rarely after the Council of Trent.
The Holy Kinship (German: Heilige Sippe, Dutch: Heilige Maagschap) was the extended family of Jesus supposedly descended from his maternal grandmother Saint Anne through her trinubium or three marriages. The group were a popular subject in religious art throughout Germany and the Low Countries, especially during the late 15th and early 16th centuries, but rarely after the Council of Trent.
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