Caption

The Visitation; Sandrart, Jakob von 1630–1708 creator; Maratti, Carlo 1625–1713 engravings after / co-creator; religious scene depicting Mary mother of Jesus and Saint Elizabeth; iconography: The Visitation; reverse copies and copies from engravings; revindication provenance noted; print; before 1708; height 21.4 cm, width 14.1 cm, A detailed black-and-white engraving shows a group of figures in flowing draped clothing standing on a tiled surface, with a column and foliage visible at the left and a landscape with distant hills and clouds in the background. In the foreground two central figures face each other and hold hands, one wearing a hooded garment and the other with hair pulled back and an exposed neck; their garments have many folds and layered drapery. To the left a bearded figure stands partly behind them, leaning forward with a hand near his chest and draped clothing that falls to bare feet. To the right a seated or reclining figure looks toward the central pair, also wrapped in loose fabric. The image uses shades of black, gray, and off-white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A32_439

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.5Mb (4.1Mb) / 11.9in x 17.8in / 3577 x 5329 (300dpi)

Keywords

Visitation Sandrart Jakob von 1630–1708 creator Maratti Carlo 1625–1713 engravings co-creator religious scene depicting Mary mother Jesus Saint Elizabeth iconography reverse copies copies engravings revindication provenance noted print 1708 height 21.4 cm width 14.1 cm detailed black- -white engraving group figures flowing draped clothing standing tiled surface column foliage visible left landscape distant hills clouds background foreground two central figures face hold hands wearing hooded garment hair pulled back exposed neck garments folds layered drapery bearded figure stands partly them leaning forward hand near chest draped clothing falls bare feet right seated reclining figure looks central pair also wrapped loose fabric image uses shades black gray off-white.