Visitation (Raphael)

The Visitation is a c. 1517 painting of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary to Saint Elizabeth by Raphael, in the Prado Museum since 1837.^[1] Commissioned by the Apostolic Protonotary Giovanni Branconio at his father Marino's request for their family chapel in the church of San Silvestro in L'Aquila (Marino's wife was called Elisabeth), it was plundered by the occupation troops of Philip IV of Spain in 1655 and placed at El Escorial.

Visitation
Artist	Raphael
Year	c.1517
Dimensions	200 cm × 145 cm (79 in × 57 in)
Location	Museo del Prado, Madrid

See also

• List of paintings by Raphael