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ARTISTS IN THE SECOND JOYFUL MYSTERY  - THE VISITATION

Catholic Radio Dramas.com DVD ART	Artist Name	Name of Painting	Date Painted	Artist's Country	Museum	About the Painting
	Ghirlandiao	The Visitation	1486-90	Italy	Cappella Tornabuoni, Santa Maria Novella, Florence	This fresco located in the Tornabuoni Chapel in Florence depicts the meeting of the two mothers to be, the Virgin Mary and her aged cousin Elizabeth who would become the mother of John the Baptist. This fresco is considered the most important painting in the chapel.
	Ghirlandiao	Visitation	1491	Italy	Musée du Louvre, Paris	The principal figures of the young Virgin Mary and her much older cousin Elizabeth are gracefully adorned in classical flowing garments as are St. Mary Salome, entering on the right and St. Mary Jacobi, standing on the left, each cut off from full view giving focus to the center action.
	Cranach, The Elder	Trinity	c. 1515	Germany	Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig	Oil on wood painting. Cranach was a friend of Martin Luther, and much of his art expresses the spirit and feeling of the German Reformation. Many of his portraits, woodcuts, and engravings were influenced by Albrecht Durer.
	Pontormo	Visitation	1528-1529	Italy	Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig	The warmth and affection portrayed in the loving embrace of the Virgin Mary and Elizabeth are contrasted by the detached expressions on the faces of the two maid servants present at the scene. Some have suggested that the two attendants may represent Mary and Elizabeth as handmaids of the Lord.
	Piero Di Cosimo	The Visitation with Sts Nicholas and Anthony	1489-1490	Italy	National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.	Piero dramatizes the age difference and the loving bond between Mary and Elizabeth in this serene emotional meeting. Each has been touched by God in a profound way. In the foreground are St. Nicholas and St. Anthony, engrossed in Sacred Scripture, conveying the message that the present and what lies ahead is from the hand of God.
	Broederlam	The Annunciation and the Visitation	1393-1399	Netherlands	Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon	This painting formed the side-panel of a triptych and blends two scenes into a unified composition. On the left the Annunciation with Mary centered as the principal figure. Depicted on the right is the Visitation. Mary again is the central figure approached by Elizabeth on the outside.
	Reichlech	Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth	1485	Austria	Alte Pinakothek, Munich	Reichlech's use of rich colors, red, green and blue, and adding country landscapes, influenced the work of later artists. In this painting, one of four side panels of an altarpiece, He adds the charming human elements of the curious maid servant of Elizabeth listening at the door and Mary's traveling companions eager to rest after the long journey. With some artistic license, Reichlech shows both Mary and Elizabeth in advanced stages of pregnancy while this visit of Mary was just after the Incarnation. All of the women are beautifully adorned in classic flowing garments.
	Daret	Visitation	1435	Netherlands	Staatliche Museen, Berlin	Jacques Daret worked as  a trained artist under Robert Campin, who is generally identified as the Master of Flémalle. This side panel of an altarpiece has background elements that could stand alone as classics paintings. Our DVD video opens with the castle in the background and zooms out to show the principal figures, Elizabeth greeting Mary. Kneeling is the donor Abbot Jean de Clercq with his crosier and miter, the symbols of his rank of abbot.
	Unknown Master, Spanish	The Visitation	1480-1500	Spain	Museo del Prado, Madrid	This painting is a side panel of an altarpiece. The artist is also called the Master of Perea. Most of his paintings are of scenes from the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Both Mary and Elizabeth are adorned in royal garments.
	MASIP	The Visitation	1535	Spain	Museo del Prado, Madrid	The strong influence of Raphael is seen in this painting of the Visitation by Vicente Masip. A leading artist in Valencia, this  main altarpiece of Segorbe Cathedral is considered his major work.
	Martini, Francesco di Giorgio	God the Father	1479	Italy	National Gallery of Art, Washington	Martini was a renowned painter master sculptor from Siena. This painting was one of a two-part altar panel of the Nativity. The Nativity portion was separated and placed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
	Rubens	The Fall of the Damned	1620	Germany	Alte Pinakothek, Munich	Rubens presents the terrifying fate of the damned. Like a waterfall, the condemned souls are shown plunging into its depths of hell. Like other depictions of hell in his 'Last Judgment' scenes, fire and demons are not clearly shown but the colorless pit depicted leaves no doubt as to the location of this active scene.
	MIGNARD	Heavenly Glory	1663	France	Val-de-Grâce, Paris	This is the interior of the circular dome of the basilica "Val-de-Grace" in Paris. Mignard's frescos present some two hundred images of angels and saints and martyrs of the Church. The figures surround the Holy Trinity at the top of the dome. There the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit welcome those entering.