A visitação

Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304

Pouco depois de receber o anúncio de que ia ser mãe de Jesus, a Virgem Maria visitou sua prima Isabel, que também esperava o nascimento de um filho, o futuro João Batista. As figuras de Maria e Isabel, cuja policromia original está quase intacta, apresentam cavidades onde era possível ver imagens de seus bebês. Nesta cena, Maria acaricia com ternura o ombro de Isabel, que tem a mão no peito em referência à sua declaração: “Quem sou eu para que a mãe de meu senhor venha visitar-me?” (Lucas 1:43). Cenas de visitação similares a esta ocorrem em outras obras da mesma época criadas nos territórios de língua alemã.

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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