# The Visitation [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PERINO DEL VAGA]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary In the Visitation fresco in the Pucci Chapel, Perino turned what was actually an intimate occasion into a many-figured scene that unfurls across a broad stage in front of a large architectural backdrop with numerous spectators expressing their joy and their astonishment over the event heralded, the incarnation of God. The influence of <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/4stanze/1segnatu/1/athens.html'\)" href="/html/r/raphael/4stanze/1segnatu/1/athens.html">Raphael's School of Athens</a> here is undeniable. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Alexander the Great Battles the Indian King Porus]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [General view]() - [Hope, Venus, and the Martyrdom of St Paul]() - [Jupiter Handing a Newborn Boy to Diana]() - [Lamentation]() - [North Façade of the Villa Doria]() - [Shipwreck of Aeneas]() - [Sketch for St John the Baptist Preaching]() - [Sketch for the Feast of Herod]() - [Sketch for The Visitation]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()