The Visitation, ca. 1310–20, Made in Constance, German, Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset in gilt-silver mounts, Overall: 23 1/4 x 11 7/8 x 7 1/4 in. (59.1 x 30.2 x 18.4 cm), Sculpture-Wood, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance (German, active in Constance, ca. 1300), Soon after the Virgin Mary learned of her miraculous conception of Jesus, she visited her relative Elizabeth, who was also expecting a child, John the Baptist. This representation of their joyous meeting comes from the Dominican convent of Katharinenthal, in the Lake Constance region of present-day Switzerland
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Visitation, ca, 1310–20, Constance, German, Walnut, paint, gilding, rock-crystal cabochons inset, gilt-silver mounts, Overall, 23 1/4 x 11 7/8 7 1/4, 59.1 30.2 18.4 cm, Sculpture-Wood, Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance, active in, ca., 1300, Soon, Virgin Mary learned, miraculous conception, Jesus, visited, relative Elizabeth, expecting, child, John, Baptist, representation, joyous meeting, comes, Dominican convent, Katharinenthal, Lake, region, present-day Switzerland
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