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Copy after The Visitation (The meeting of Mary and Elizabeth), Mariotto Albertinelli in the Uffizi (Florence)

Mariotto Albertinelli

1869

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century Religious Visitation

Dominant colour

Copy after The Visitation (The meeting of Mary and Elizabeth), Mariotto Albertinelli in the Uffizi (Florence) is a 1869 watercolor by Mariotto Albertinelli, a Impressionism work, depicting Visitation, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Mariotto Albertinelli
When & what style?: 1869 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

Cesare Mariannecci produced this watercolour copy in 1875 after Mariotto Albertinelli’s *The Visitation* (1503), a central panel from an altarpiece originally commissioned for Florence’s S. Martino Church. The scene depicts the biblical meeting of Saint Elizabeth and the Virgin Mary, with Elizabeth in green and yellow robes and Mary in blue and red, framed by a decorated archway. Published by the Arundel Society, the work reflects nineteenth-century efforts to disseminate Renaissance art, particularly Italian Old Masters, through reproductive prints. Albertinelli, trained in Cosimo Rosselli’s…

Read the full account in the museum source.