This column capital dating from the early 12th century depicts the Visitation of Mary to cousin Elizabeth and can be found in the apse of he Basilica of Notre-Dame du Port in Clermont Ferrand.
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The visit to Hebron by the Virgin Mary to St Elizabeth who was pregnant with John the Baptist.
The right door of the Royal Portal at Chartres shows Mary holding Christ on her knee, below is the Presentation in the Temple. The bottom lintel shows the Annunciation, the Visitation, the Nativity, and the annunciation to the shepherds.
This scene of the Visitation of Mary to her relation St Elizabeth is from the early 13th century Life of Mary window (1217-1220) at Chartres Cathedral.
These statues (1230-1255) are part of the entral portal of the north transept, known as the "Portail de la Vierge" of the western façade of Reims Cathedral. The two figures on the left depict the annunciation with Gabriel looking at the Virgin Mary, the figures on the right represent the visitation of Mary to Saint Elizabeth.
These two adjacent panels form part of the mid-13th-century Childhood of Christ window in the apse of Tours Cathedral. The left scene shows the Annunciation: the Angel Gabriel approaches the Virgin with a raised hand of greeting, while Mary stands in quiet receptivity, holding a book of devotion. On the right is the Visitation, depicting Mary’s meeting with her cousin Elizabeth, the two women embracing as Elizabeth recognises the child Mary bears.
This fresco image of the Visitation (c1330) is by Taddeo Gaddi and is part of the decoration of the Baroncelli Chapel at Santa Croce in Florence.
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.
This panel from the late medieval Magnificat Window (c1490) at Great Malvern Priory depicts the meeting of the Virgin Mary and her kinswoman Saint Elizabeth. The two figures stand closely together, their joined hands and gentle inclination of heads emphasising the moment of recognition described in Luke’s Gospel. Both are shown with distinctive English Gothic features—elongated faces, fine linear drapery, and soft colouring enhanced by yellow stain.
Early 16th century Netherlandish roundel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary with Saint Elizabeth in Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire.
This early 16th-century panel by the Norman glass-painter Bertin Duval forms part of a larger glazing scheme dated 1531. The scene depicts the meeting of the Virgin Mary and her cousin Saint Elizabeth, rendered in Duval’s distinctive style: firm contour lines, broad areas of rich colour, and expressive, slightly elongated figures.
This window, by Joshua Price, shows the meeting of the Virgin Mary and her cousin Saint Elizabeth, rendered with the rich colour and strong modelling characteristic of early 18th-century English stained glass influenced by continental painting. Price’s panel, signed and dated 1719, follows an Italian compositional model, evident in the theatrical gestures, monumental drapery, and architectural backdrop.