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Visitation (Ghirlandaio)

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A tempera-on-panel painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Domenico Ghirlandaio, dated 1491 and commissioned by Lorenzo Tornabuoni for the church that became Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi in Florence; it now hangs in the Louvre. The painting depicts the Visitation, the Gospel of Luke's account of the meeting between the Virgin Mary and her cousin Elizabeth (Luke 1:39 to 56), showing Elizabeth kneeling before Mary while two other women, identified as Mary the mother of James and Mary Salome, stand at the sides. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1491 1
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Tempera on panel 1
Location
Louvre Museum, Paris 1
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Painting 1
Medium
Medium (category)
Tempera 1
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1. Visitation (Ghirlandaio) (Wikipedia)
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    1491
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    Tempera on panel
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    It now is in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
  • Lead section
    The Visitation is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Domenico Ghirlandaio, dating from 1491.
  • In Form: Painting, lead paragraph
    The Visitation is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Domenico Ghirlandaio, dating from 1491. It now is in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. The work was commissioned by Lorenzo Tornabuoni for the church later known as S
  • Created By: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Infobox: artist
    Domenico Ghirlandaio
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