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The Visitation: 496

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Visitation

Maker(s)

Painter: Manzuoli, Tommaso (Maso da San Friano)

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Notes

History note: Church of S. Pier Maggiore, Florence, destroyed 1783; moved to Rome, Vatican Gallery; Earl of Berwick, Attingham Park sale at House; John Robins, London, by 1829; Christie's anon. sale (= J. Robins), London, 11 April 1835 (I), bt. Hope; on loan since 1955 to Trinity Hall, Cambridge (Chapel altarpiece)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1859) by Hope, Henry Thomas

Dating

1560s
Production date: AD 1560

School or Style

Italian
Florentine School

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood)
Panel Height 408.8 cm Width 248.6 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Tempera on panel

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: TM
  • Location: On the end of the keg, beneath the beggar's knees
  • Type: Monogram
  • Text: F F/MDLX
  • Location: On the end of the keg, beneath the beggar's knees
  • Type: Date

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Identification numbers

Accession number: 496
Primary reference Number: 510

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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