The Visitation

original c. 1445, cast by 1897

Oronzio Lelli, after Luca della Robbia

Associated Names
Oronzio Lelli

Artist, Italian, active c. 1860/1900

Luca della Robbia

Artist After, Italian, Florentine, 1400 - 1482

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    plaster

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 146.1 × 150 × 60 cm (57 1/2 × 59 1/16 × 23 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2016.22.27

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased 1897 from the company of Oronzio Lelli, Florence, by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington;[1] acquired 2016 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] The cast is listed on pages 37-38 of the Corcoran's Register of Sculptures, Etc. Belonging to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1869-1942 (The Corcoran Archives, Special Collections Research Center, George Washington University Libraries, Washington, DC; available on-line: https://library.gwu.edu/scrc/corcoran-archives/digitalresources; accessed 13 November 2017). It was purchased for 790 lire, and was received by the Corcoran in January 1897.

Associated Names

Wikidata ID

Q63864298