1504
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Life of the Virgin: The Visitation is a 1504 by Albrecht Dürer, a Renaissance work, depicting Visitation, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows two women meeting. They are dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The woman on the right is pregnant, and the other woman is touching her belly. This scene is from a Bible story. The artist painted this scene in a way that tells a story. Look up the technique of sfumato to learn more about how artists like this one created soft, hazy effects in their work.
Albrecht Dürer spent his life in Nuremberg, a busy German city where artists traded prints like currency.
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