1470
paint
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Visitation is a 1470 paint by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, depicting Visitation, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows two women meeting, one with a baby. They seem happy to see each other. The woman with the baby is likely Mary, and the other woman is her cousin Elizabeth. This painting is interesting because it's made with metalcut and hand-colored. The colors used are simple, like yellow, red-brown, and green. The artist used these colors to make the scene feel calm. You can learn more about this style by looking at the technique of chiaroscuro.
This 15th-century German artist carved vivid religious scenes into metal and wood, then hand-painted them in bright, symbolic colors.
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