The Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (?) Engraving by S. Mulinari, 1778.

  • Gaddi, Agnolo, -1396.
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1778
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21169i
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The Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (?) Engraving by S. Mulinari, 1778. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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

This may not be a Visitation scene at all, but it is not unheard of for the two cousins to be accompanied by Mary Cleopas and Mary Salome

Publication/Creation

1778

Physical description

1 print : line engraving, with surface ink ; platemark 25.3 x 34.9 cm

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Di Angiolo di Taddeo Gaddi, Fiorentino discepolo di Taddeo Gaddi, nato nel 1324, visse anni 87. SM. inci

References note

R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 232, no. 2677 ("Der Besuch der Heiligen Jungfrau bei St Elisabeth")

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Wellcome Collection 21169i

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