La Visitación

Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304

Poco después de recibir el anuncio de que iba a ser madre de Jesús, la Virgen María visitó a su prima Isabel, que también esperaba el nacimiento de un hijo, el futuro Juan Bautista. Las figuras de María e Isabel, cuya policromía original está casi intacta, tienen cavidades cubiertas de cristal a través del cual se podían ver imágenes de sus infantes. Aquí, María acaricia con ternura el hombro de Isabel, que se lleva la mano al pecho en referencia a su declaración «¿Quién soy yo, para que la madre de mi Señor venga a visitarme?» (Lucas 1:43). Escenas de la Visitación similares a esta aparecen en otras obras de la misma época creadas en territorios de habla germana.

The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German

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The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German
The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German
The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German
The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German
The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German
The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German
The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German
The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German
The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German
The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German
The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German
The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German
The Visitation, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, German

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