Year 1506 (1506) Artist Master MS | Medium tempera on panel Created 1506 | |
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Dimensions 140 cm × 94.5 cm (55 in × 37.2 in) Location Hungarian National Museum, Budapest Similar The New Adam, Pilgrimage to the Cedars in, Majális, The New Eve, Annunciation with St Margaret | ||
Church of the visitation ein karem jerusalem
The Visitation (Hungarian: Vizitáció) is a 1506 panel painting by Hungarian painter known as Master MS in the collection of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest.
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Description
The painting's size is 140 × 94.5 centimeters. It is in the collection of the Hungarian National Museum, in Budapest.
Analysis
The painting is one of the most famous works in the medieval Hungarian art. It shows the Visitation with St. Elisabeth and Virgin Mary. All the natural elements that are depicted are in praise of the Lord. This idyll, however, is just an illusion - the bare rocks, twisted trees, beautiful and delicate flowers - iris, peony, strawberries in the foreground, are subtle symbols of the passion. Elizabeth makes homage to the Virgin Mary to show her devotion by slightly raising her left hand to kiss her. The painting once hung in the Church of Saint Catherine in Selmecbánya (today Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia). Other paintings from the altar of the church are kept in Lille (France), Svätý Anton (Slovakia) and Esztergom (Hungary). The inscription has been identified as being the same as that on an altar dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Krakow. It is assumed that MS is Marten Swarcz.