''The Visitation'' (Hungarian: ''Vizitáció'') is a 1506

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by Hungarian painter known as

Master MS Master M. S. ( hu, M. S. Mester, german: Meister M. S., sk, Majster M. S.) was a 16th-century painter in Central Europe in late Gothic and early Renaissance art. He was active in Selmecbánya (now Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia) in the Kingdom o ...

in the collection of the

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.MS mester, Vizitáció
on museum website
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Analysis

This medieval Hungarian painting shows the Visitation of St. Elisabeth and

Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...

. All the natural elements that are depicted are in praise of the Lord. This idyll, however, is just an illusion - the bare rocks, twisted trees, beautiful and delicate flowers - iris, peony, strawberries in the foreground, are subtle symbols of the passion. Elizabeth makes homage to the Virgin Mary to show her devotion by slightly raising her left hand to kiss her. The painting once hung in the Church of Saint Catherine in Selmecbánya (today Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia). Other paintings from the altar of the church are kept in

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, France, Svätý Anton in Slovakia and the

Keresztény Múzeum The Christian Museum ( hu, Keresztény Múzeum) is the largest ecclesiastical collection in Hungary; it conserves European and Hungarian works of art from the period between the 13th and 19th centuries. The permanent exhibition of the Christian ...

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, Hungary. The inscription has been identified as being the same as that on an altar dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Krakow. It is believed that MS was Marten Swarcz.Paintings of the Passion by Master M.S. in the Christian Museum of

, English translation of the book by Miklos Mojzer by Lili Halapy (44P), File:Banská Štiavnica 40326.jpg, Church of St. Catherine, Banská Štiavnica File:Master M S - The Visitation (detail) - WGA14336.jpg, The Kiss, detail

Others from the Church of St. Catherine

File:Master M S - The Adoration of the Magi - WGA14338.jpg, ''The Adoration of the Magi'', Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille File:Master MS Birth of Jesus (1500-1510).jpg, ''Birth of Jesus'', Parish Church of Antol, Svätý Anton File:M. S. mester Keresztvitel (1500-10).jpg, ''Carrying the Cross'', Christian Museum File:M. S. mester Calvary (1500-10).jpg, ''Calvary'', Christian Museum File:M. S. mester Resurrection (1500-1510).jpg, ''Resurrection'', Christian Museum

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Visitation Paintings in the Hungarian National Gallery Paintings of the Visitation 1506 paintings