De visitatie, Adriaan de Weerdt, c. 1573
Adriaan de WeerdtFlemish, 1510–1590

De visitatie

c. 1573 · Drawing

Can I see it?

Unknown

Where is “De visitatie” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source
The museum

About the work

This drawing, as well as the other sheets in the series, were made using brown oil paint. While unusual in the 16th-century Netherlands, this technique was common in Italy, and De Weerdt likely became familiar with it during his stay in Venice. In this scene, the artist depicted the meeting of two pregnant women: Mary, carrying Jesus, and Elizabeth, carrying John the Baptist.

Rijksmuseum

Details

Accession number
RP-T-2023-20

In the catalog

Sources

All works

On view at Rijksmuseum

Museum page