During the Virgin Mary's visit to her cousin Elisabeth (Luke 1:36-56), they embrace each other; Joseph and Zacharias shake hands. The print has a Latin caption; it is part of a series on the life of Christ.
| Artist |
Jacques de Bie
RKD
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Maerten de Vos
RKD
Wikidata
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Joannes Galle
RKD
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| Title | The Visitation, from the series Vita, passio et Resvrrectio Iesv Christi |
| Date | ca. 1598 - 1618 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Location | Antwerp TGN |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: 3. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Exurgens Maria abijt in montana cum festinatione in civitatem Iuda. et intravit in domum Zachariae, et salutavit Elisabeth. | |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Luc. 1. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: M. de Vos invent. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Iacob. De Bye sculp. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, centre below: Ioan Galle excud. | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-LZ-1 |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-LZ-1 |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11612/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11F
the Virgin Mary
Iconclass
11H(JOSEPH) the foster-father of Christ, Joseph of Nazareth, husband of Mary; possible attributes: flowering rod or wand, lily, carpenter's tools Iconclass 11HH(ELISABETH) Elisabeth, mother of John the Baptist; possible attributes: John the Baptist as child Iconclass 25H11 mountains Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 31A231 standing figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 33A13 meeting Iconclass 33A14 embracing each other, kissing Iconclass 34B232 fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.) Iconclass 41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass 41A14 urban housing Iconclass 41A3911 well Iconclass 46AA1269 St. Elizabeth (one of the nine worthiest women) Iconclass 47I214 goat Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73A6 Visitation (possibly Joseph and/or Zacharias present) (Luke 1:39-56) Iconclass 73A622 Mary and Elisabeth, both pregnant, embracing Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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