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The Visitation

Drawing
late 16th century - early 17th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Candid, Peter (formerly ascribed to)
Place of origin
Belgium (drawn)

Elizabeth hearing the Salutation of the Virgin Mary; Elizabeth stands with Mary, Zacharias stands at the door of his house, his hands clasped in prayer, Joseph appears behind Mary with a bundle of linen under his arm; Designed for a book illustration.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Drawing
TitleThe Visitation (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and brown ink, with grey wash
Pen
Grey Wash
Paper
Drawing (Image-Making)
Wash Technique
Brief description
Drawing 'The Visitation', formerly ascribed to Pieter de Witte, called Candido, Flemish School, pen and brown ink, late 16th century - early 17th century
Physical description
Elizabeth hearing the Salutation of the Virgin Mary; Elizabeth stands with Mary, Zacharias stands at the door of his house, his hands clasped in prayer, Joseph appears behind Mary with a bundle of linen under his arm; Designed for a book illustration.
Dimensions
  • Height: 213mm
  • Width: 145mm
Style
Flemish School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 509.
  • Inscribed on the mount, all in pencil: by Dyce, De Witte, Pietro Candid / 1548–1599; and (twice) by a nineteenth-century hand (with the original Dyce inv. no.), 376; and on verso of mount, in graphite, Pietro Candid.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Jan Pietersz. Zoomer (1641–1724), Amsterdam (L. 1511); Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subjects depicted
Pregnancy
Men
Women
Virgin Mary
Zacharias
Joseph (Of Nazareth, Saint)
Elizabeth
Literary referenceThe Bible, Gospel of Luke (1:5-42) 'And it came to pass, that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant leaped in her womb.' (1:41)
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. II, cat. 598, pp.498-99
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.509

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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