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LOT 0388

Stained Glass Panel with the Visit of St Mary to St Elizabeth

FLEMISH, 19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER

25 1/2 x 21 in. (4.5 kg, 65 x 53.5 cm).

In late 15th century style, showing Mary and Elizabeth embracing on the foreground, both with covered heads and wearing a long tunica talaris with a cloak; their husbands Zacharias and Joseph behind dressed in long green robes, Joseph wearing a yellow cap and holding a pastoral staff; architectural background and inscription in medieval Flemish at the bottom 'BEZOEK VAN DE MAAGD MARIA AAN ELISABETH’ (the Visit of Virgin Mary to Elizabeth) in uncial letters; some restoration. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a war-damaged church in Belgium.
Ex property of a late Northumberland collector.
From a private collection, Derbyshire, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. similar scenes in McNamara, In relation to sixteenth century Italian Visitation paintings, how far could Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, be considered as the forerunner of the Virgin Mary? London, 2015, figs.5-6-7-8.

Footnotes

The scene commemorates Mary's visit to her cousin Elizabeth after receiving the announcement that she would become the mother of Jesus (Luke, I, 39-45). In this guise, Mary is called Our Lady of the Visitation or Mary Most Holy of the Visitation.

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LOT 0388

Stained Glass Panel with the Visit of St Mary to St Elizabeth

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430

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