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Watercolour, copy after The Visitation, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella (Florence)

Watercolour
1860s-1880s (made)
Artist/Maker
Arundel Society (commissioned by)
Ghirlandaio, Domenico (Artist)
Mariannecci, Cesare (copyist)
Place of origin
Florence (copied)

Watercolour of a two women in the middle (the Virgin Mary and St. Elizabeth) holding their hands. Around them other women. The scene is set with classical buildings featuring a landscape in the middle of the background.

Object details

Categories
Copies and Facsimilies
Religion
Biblical Imagery
Object type
Watercolour
TitleWatercolour, copy after The Visitation, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella (Florence) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour, gold and traces of pencil on paper
Watercolour on Paper
Gold
Pencil
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Watercolour, copy after The Visitation, Domenico Ghirlandaio in the Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella (Florence), Cesare Mariannecci, Arundel Society watercolour, 19th century
Physical description
Watercolour of a two women in the middle (the Virgin Mary and St. Elizabeth) holding their hands. Around them other women. The scene is set with classical buildings featuring a landscape in the middle of the background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 437mm
  • Width: 671mm
437x671 mm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed in ink, lower right: C. Mariannecci fece
Object history
Acquired in 1995 from the National Gallery of London.
Watercolour copy made for the Arundel Society by Cesare Mariannecci. Not published.
Bibliographic references
  • Alessandro Salucci, Il Ghirlandaio a Santa Maria Novella: un percorso tra storia e teologia, Firenze, Edifir 2012
  • Jean K. Cadogan, Domenico Ghirlandaio: artist and artisan, New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2000
  • Tanya Ledger, A Study of the Arundel Society 1848-1897. Unpublished thesis submitted for degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 1978, p.284
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.116-1995

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Record createdMarch 24, 2009
Record URL
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