# Visitation \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico-r3df6508945b16c>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

Ghirlandaio created a bold but convincing spatial situation in this detail of the visitation: a wall that follows converging lines of perspective conveys a vivid sense of spatial depth. On the left a paved road leads through a gateway into the lower part of the city by the waterside; hurrying up the road is a servant carrying a bowl on her head, a figure reminiscent of the servant in the Birth of St John. Behind the two central figures, Mary and Elizabeth, a sandy path leads up to the wall. The group of women on the left, so typical of Ghirlandaio, is a variation of a single type seen from different points of view.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico-r3df6508945b16c/adoration-of-the-child-r5c5384891196bf>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico-r3df6508945b16c/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r2f922737fa6f6f>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico-r3df6508945b16c/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r53d9391bb7e777>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico-r3df6508945b16c/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r5f4bc521335b90>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico-r3df6508945b16c/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r700a1fec47baa9>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico-r3df6508945b16c/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-r8e53ba22105eba>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico-r3df6508945b16c/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-rab4741ba10f022>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico-r3df6508945b16c/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-rd5164624e510bf>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico-r3df6508945b16c/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-re1ca0f68215c5f>)
- [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico-r3df6508945b16c/adoration-of-the-magi-detail-re46618f84cfab8>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico-r3df6508945b16c/adoration-of-the-magi-r2bf52fa5f2c82b>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico-r3df6508945b16c/adoration-of-the-magi-r5ea03c5cdeeba4>)

## Attribution

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