The Visitation
| Artist | Felipe Vigarny (French, active in Spain, ca. 1475–1542) |
|---|---|
| Title | The Visitation |
| Date | 1515–1530 |
| Medium | Painted and gilded wood |
| Dimensions | Overall: 48 x 30 in. (121.9 x 76.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of James Adams in memory of Marvelle Warne Adams, William Lowe Bryan Memorial, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 65.48 |
| This artwork is currently on view. | |
A woman, standing at the left, embraces another woman who kneels at the right. The two women stand in a landscape with a castle-like building in the right background.
This panel originally formed part of a retablo (a multi-paneled, architectural altarpiece) in an as-yet-unidentified Spanish church. It has been attributed to Felipe Vigarny, a Burgundian sculptor who settled in 1498 in Burgos, Spain, where he established a successful workshop specializing in retablos. Vigarny’s reliefs are distinguished by a sense of depth, the detailed rendering of textures and textiles, and naturalistic landscape backgrounds.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"The Visitation | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=65.48