Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth, pregnant with John the Baptist. Zachary, Elizabeth’s husband, silenced by the temple angel watches in the background.

The Old Testament imagery is not obvious.

There are two deer running and a woman giving glory to God. Rays stream from a divine symbol.

The harp usually reminds us of David and his Psalter, in which he has sung of the coming messiah, perhaps represented by the Rho cross. Doves again.