Visitation

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Title

Visitation

Description

This is first of four altarpieces Barocci delivered for the Oratorians to decorate Chiesa Nuova. It adorned the Chapel of the Visitation and the commission was issued in 1582. This work was reported to evoke a significant response of devotion in Saint Neri.

Creator

Federico Barocci

Source

Verstegen, Ian. "Federico Barocci, Federico Borromeo, and the Oratorian Orbit *." Renaissance Quarterly 56, no. 1 (2003): 56+. Gale Academic OneFile (accessed October 14, 2021). https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A99012000/AONE?u=duke_perkins&sid=summon&xid=c209cbd4

Publisher

Patron: Francesco Pizzomiglio
Federico Barocci. Visitation. Images, n.d. https://jstor.org/stable/community.16003627.

Date

ca. 1584-1586

Contributor

Kyle Campbell

Rights

(c) 2006, SCALA, Florence / ART RESOURCE, N.Y.

Format

280 cm x 180 cm
oil on canvas

Type

painting

Coverage

Cappella Pozzomiglio, Santa Maria in Vallicella, Rome, Italy

Files

visitationBarocci.jpg

Citation

Federico Barocci, “Visitation,” ARTHIST 256 - Italian Baroque Art - Fall 2021, accessed October 22, 2026, https://baroque.dahvc.org/fall-2021/items/show/272.