The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Engraving, 1588, after F. Baroccio.

  • Barocci, Federigo, 1528-1612.
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1588
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21720i
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The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Engraving, 1588, after F. Baroccio. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bible. N.T. Luke 1.36-56. The maid brings two turtledoves to serve as a thanksgiving sacrifice for the births. Joseph carries a flask of wine. Zacharias waits in the doorway

After a lifetime of barrenness, Elizabeth and Zacharias were blessed with child six months before the Annunciation to Mary; their child was to be John the Baptist

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[Place of publication not identified] : Io Antonii de Paulis for, 1588.

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1 print : line engraving

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Ill.mo ac R.mo Dno scipioni Gonzagae Card: ampliss.mo Statÿ Belga DD. Obstupeo ut patrio egrederis de limine virgo,/ Et petis agnatos officiosa lares/ Dura silex cedit plantis; qua lumina flectis. ... Lettering continues: Quaque pedem figis bilia fundit humus,/ Qua merito tibi deseruit natura parente/ Natura proprio, quae geris ipsa sinu. Fe: Bar: Vr: in: Io Antony de paulis for.

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