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 *ground, baptism of Christ, with the Eternal blessing him from above. Painted about 1517 for Giovanni Battista Branconio of Aquila, who presented it to S. Silvestro at Aquila in the Abruzzi; bought in 1655 by Philip IV. of Spain, who placed it in the Escorial; carried to Paris in 1813 and transferred to canvas; returned in 1822. Almost wholly by Raphael. Engraved by A. B. Desnoyers, and others.—Gruyer, Vierges de Raphael, ii. 63; Passavant, ii. 247; Madrazo, 189; Réveil, i. 61; Larousse, xv. 1116.

Visitation, Raphael, Madrid Museum.

By Rembrandt, Grosvenor House, London; wood, H. 1 ft. 9 in. × 1 ft. 6 in.; signed, dated 1640. Elizabeth embraces the Virgin at the bottom of the house steps, which the aged Zacharias, who is supported by a youth, is descending; behind the Virgin, a negress, and farther back a servant housing an ass; beside them a dog, a peacock, and a hen with chickens. Formerly in Collection of King of Sardinia; bought in England in 1812. Engraved by J. Burnet (1813).—Waagen, Art Treasures, ii. 165; Vosmaer, 455; Smith, vii. 22.

By Rubens, Antwerp Cathedral; wood, H. 13 ft. 6 in. × 4 ft. 10 in. The Virgin is received by Elizabeth at the entrance of a house with a vast portico supported by columns, while Zacharias greets Joseph, who is mounting the steps; behind the latter, a maid-servant with a basket on her head, and in foreground a man-servant unlading an ass. Painted on the interior of one of the wings of the Descent from the Cross. Engraved by P. de Jode; Ragot.

Visitation, Rubens, Antwerp Cathedral.

By Tintoretto, Scuola di S. Rocco, Venice; canvas. The Virgin and Elizabeth, with Zacharias behind them leaning on his staff. "Painted in his very best manner; exquisite in simplicity, unrivalled in vigour, well-preserved, and, as a piece of painting, certainly one of the most precious in Venice."—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 332.

Subject treated also by Pinturicchio, Vatican; Cristofano Allori, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence; Federigo Barocci, Vienna Muse