The Visitation
Date1640
Modern PlaceNetherlands, Western Europe, Europe
MediumOil on oak panel
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions18 7/8 × 22 1/4 inches (47.94 × 56.52 cm)
Credit LineCity of Detroit Purchase
Object number27.200
DescriptionTwo women greet each other in center of middleground. Elizabeth, the older woman at left, wraps her arms around Mary's shoulders. A black servant girl stands to the right of Mary and holds her cloak. At left a young boy helps Zacharias, the bearded old man, down the steps. At right a man leads a mule. In the left foreground a peacock, perched before a vine covered wall, watches over her young. A view of a distant city is in right background.On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 6
1430/1460
c. 1530
1846
1850
1674/1676
c. 1660
1480-1485
15th Century
1658/1662
late 16th Century
1597/1598