The Visitation / Anonymous
About this Item
Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.560
- Title
- The Visitation
- Artist
- Anonymous
- Medium and Support
- pencil, pen and brown ink on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1827
- Credit Line
- Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
- Dimensions
- 28.3 x 20.5 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- 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.
- 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.
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- associated concepts
- biological concepts
- chimneys and chimney components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- food
- fruit
- heating and cooking elements
- materials
- materials by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- scientific concepts
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2428 x 3334
- File Size
- 447 KB
- Record
- 2013/2.560
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.560/2013_2.560.jpg
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"The Visitation; Anonymous." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.560/2013_2.560.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.