The Visitation / Anonymous

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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.
Primary Keywords: chimneys (architectural elements); christianity; grapes; men; pregnancy; women
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
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2428 x 3334
File Size: 447 KB
Record: 2013/2.560
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-2.560/2013_2.560.jpg

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Full citation: "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 April 30, 2024.