The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Engraving, 1588, after F. Baroccio.

Bible. N.T. Luke 1.36-56. The maid brings two turtledoves to serve as a thanksgiving sacrifice for the births. Joseph carries a flask of wine. Zacharias waits in the doorway

After a lifetime of barrenness, Elizabeth and Zacharias were blessed with child six months before the Annunciation to Mary; their child was to be John the Baptist

[Place of publication not identified] : Io Antonii de Paulis for, 1588.

1 print : line engraving

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Wellcome Collection 21720i