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Visitazione di Maria a Santa Elisabetta Sarteano
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Artist: Matteo Rosselli
Year: 1646-1648
Current location: San Martino in Foro - Sala d’Arte Domenico Beccafumi
Original location: San Martino in Foro - Sala d’Arte Domenico Beccafumi
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
Matteo Rosselli's Visitation of Mary to Saint Elizabeth is a 17th-century oil on canvas painting attributed to the Florentine master. The work, characterized by the Tuscan Baroque style, is located in the church of San Martino in Foro in Sarteano, now an Art Room.
The subject depicts the meeting between the Virgin Mary and her cousin Saint Elizabeth, a biblical episode celebrating the announcement of their motherhood.
In the lower part of the painting, beneath the floor of Saint Elizabeth's house, a dead Christ is depicted in a tomb.
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