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Visitation Piero di Cosimo, 1490
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Visitation

Piero di Cosimo Β· 1490

Why it's great

Mary and her cousin Elizabeth greet each other in a pretty landscape, with saints sitting nearby. Piero di Cosimo painted it in about 1490, and the two women hold hands warmly.

Where to see it

πŸ“ National Gallery of ArtWashington, D.C., United States

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About the artist

Piero di Cosimo

1461–1522 Β· born in Florence

Piero di Cosimo was a Florentine painter born in 1461. He liked painting mythical stories with strange creatures and wild nature, and he had a reputation as an eccentric who lived on hard-boiled eggs. He died in 1522.

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