The Visitation Panel from Saint John Retable

Domingo Ram's Visitation panel, painted around 1450, depicts the meeting of the Virgin Mary and Elizabeth from the Baptist's retable cycle. The Visitation, when Elizabeth's unborn child leapt in recognition of the unborn Christ, was a pivotal scene in Marian devotional narratives Altarpieces featuring rows of standing saints served both liturgical and devotional functions, identifying the church's patron saints and giving worshippers specific objects for personal prayer.

The two women embrace before an architectural backdrop rendered in the flat, decorative manner of Aragonese painting, with bold colors and gold ground creating the visual richness characteristic of Spanish retable panels.