This late 15th-century fresco forms part of the Visitation cycle painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio for Giovanni Tornabuoni’s chapel in Santa Maria Novella. It depicts the meeting of the Virgin Mary and her cousin Saint Elizabeth outside the walls of Hebron, rendered here as a contemporary Tuscan cityscape. The two central figures embrace with restrained dignity, their gestures emphasising the recognition of their miraculous pregnancies. Ghirlandaio’s characteristic interest in portraiture is evident in the carefully observed group of Florentine women to the right, whose richly embroidered garments and composed attitudes reflect the social milieu of the patron.

The setting is articulated through a receding architectural wall and an elevated roadway leading into the city. A detailed landscape—mountains, trees, and distant towers—opens behind the scene, while small narrative staffage figures enliven the middle ground. The colour palette is clear and harmonious, with lapis and vermilion balanced against softer earth tones. The fresco displays the artist’s hallmark combination of monumental clarity, measured perspective, and a sober yet elegant descriptive naturalism.