Mary's Visitation, Sebastiano del Piombo, 1540s

Fragment of a visitation by sebastiano del piombo. "filippo sergardi, the executor of agostino chigi’s estate, before his death in 1541 commissioned sebastiano to paint a mural of the visitation in s maria della pace, rome (dismembered and detached before 1614), the surviving fragments (alnwick castle, northumb. ) of which are impressive for their simplified forms and intense expressiveness, qualities that anticipate so much of the painting of the late 16th century. " - lucco, mauro, "sebastiano del piombo", grove art online, oxford art online. Oxford university press. Web. 1 apr. 2017. Subscription required. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: 1540s. Collection: Alnwick Castle. Alnwick Seb