The Virgin Mary visits her cousin Elisabeth. Standing in the doorway are Zacharias and Joseph. On the left in the background we see the birth of John the Baptist. Through the window we can see Joseph and Mary returning to Nazareth. Above the window is a medallion depicting the annunciation. Several elements of the scene are accompanied by letters corresponding to the legend in the margin.
| Artist |
Hieronymus Wierix
RKD
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Bernardino Passeri
RKD
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| Title | The Visitation |
| Date | 1593 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, top centre: In die visitationis |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, top centre: Luc. i. | |
| inscription outside the depiction, top right: 2/cxlic | |
| inscription in the dipiction, at the top: A I C B | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, below: H E F D G | |
| printed inscription in the depiction, at the bottom right: Hieronymus W. fecit. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: A. Nazareth, ubi repraesentatur [...] I. Post eius ortum, redit Nazareth Maria/ Vorgo Mater cum Ioseph. | |
| inscription on the back, bottom right: 2 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-G |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-G |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11407/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300124520 interior views AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11F
the Virgin Mary
Iconclass
11HH(ELISABETH) Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist; possible attributes: John the Baptist as child Iconclass 33A13 meeting Iconclass 33A14 embracing each other, kissing Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73A14 birth of John the Baptist, sometimes Mary present Iconclass 73A52 the Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel (sometimes a woman overhears the conversation) Iconclass 73A6 Visitation (possibly Joseph and/or Zacharias present) (Luke 1:39-56) Iconclass 73A622 Mary and Elisabeth, both pregnant, embracing Iconclass 73B69 the Holy Family (and sometimes others) returning to Israel Iconclass |
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