MS M.50, Fol. 13

St. Anne Instructing the Virgin (fol. 13, right)

St. Anne points to a place in the book held by her daughter, the young Virgin Mary, while Anne's other daughters eagerly await instruction in the background.

Anne de Bretagne's attachment to her patron and namesake is reflected in the priority she gives to the saint in the sequence of fourteen Suffrages, or prayers dedicated to saints, of which St. Anne's is the first.

The saint's pedagogical role mirrored Anne's intention to use this book as an instructional manual for her young son, Charles-Orland.

Poyer portrays St. Anne in the Hours of Henry VIII.