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The Visitation

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Artwork Details

The Visitation
1827
Artist Unknown
pencil, pen and brown ink on laid paper
11 1/8 in x 8 1/16 in (28.3 cm x 20.5 cm)
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2013/2.560

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Description

Subject Matter:

This scene represents the meeting of the Virgin Mary and Elizabeth as recounted in Luke 1:39-56 in the New Testiment of the Christian Bible. At the time of their meeting, both women are pregant, Mary with the Christ child and Elizabeth with John the Baptist.

Physical Description:

Two women on a staircase in an embrace. A man on one side with an arm raised in greeting. Another man is on the other side with a bag over his shoulder.

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