Veit's The Visitation of Mary

Title

Veit's The Visitation of Mary

Draughtsman

• Eugen Eduard Schäffer

Inventor

• after Philipp Veit

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• squaring

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• study after a painting
• tracing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet in der Darstellung oben im Schriftband (mit Bleistift): MAGNIFICAT ANIMA; links: [Maßstab]

Captions Added Later

Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Elizabeth

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 1,39-56

Primary

• 73A65 Mary's stay in the house of Elisabeth ~ Visitation

Secondary

• 11G angels
• 48A9851 ribbon, scroll, banderole ~ ornament