This is a scene from The Visitation, with Saint Elizabeth kneeling in homage to Mary, as is customary in Italian art since Ghirlandaio. Zachariah and Saint Joseph stand behind them. The dynamic postures and varied gestures of the figures here denote the influence of Raphael. In the landscape, which owes a debt to Flemish art, Masip depicts the Baptism of Christ, thus adding the forgiving of Original Sin through the sacrament of baptism to the confirmation of the Virgin´s Immaculate Conception. This work is paired with The Martyrdom of Saint Agnes (P00843), and both tondos were painted for the Chapel of Saint Thomas of Villanueva in the Church of the Augustinian Convent at San Julián, Valencia, where they crowned the lateral wings. This altarpiece must have been commissioned by the Venerable Juan Bautista Agnesio (1480-1553), a devotee of Saint Inez who was buried at that church.