# The Visitation

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HERP, Willem van, the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herp-willem-van-the-elder-r712cebdc401821>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 85 x 121 cm

## Commentary

Van Herp specialized in painting small scale works inspired by both Rubens and David Teniers the Younger. The present painting was in the past misattributed to Rubens.

## Related artworks

- [St Anthony of Padua Distributing Bread](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herp-willem-van-the-elder-r712cebdc401821/st-anthony-of-padua-distributing-bread-r59642d4d7e2a0c>)
- [Tavern with Merrymakers and Cardplayers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herp-willem-van-the-elder-r712cebdc401821/tavern-with-merrymakers-and-cardplayers-r98a26083d4b9d0>)
- [The Blind Fiddler](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herp-willem-van-the-elder-r712cebdc401821/the-blind-fiddler-r3fd1590bf1845f>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)