Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Annunciation of the Angel to Zechariah
Image View:
Overall view of the scene panel
Creator:
Andrea del Sarto (Italian painter, 1486-1530)
Location:
repository: Chiostro dello Scalzo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Via Camillo Benso Cavour, 69
GPS:
43.779619 11.259464
Date:
1523 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Renaissance
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
painting
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique); grisaille
Measurements:
194 cm (height, approx., each panel) x 201 cm (width, approx., each panel)
Relation Work:
partOf Cloister of the Scalzo Fresco Cycle
Description:
This is the first scene in the chronological story of John the Baptist, but the scenes were not painted in order, and this was actually the last panel painted. The Gospel of Luke gives an account of John's infancy, introducing him as the miraculous son of Zechariah, an old man, and his wife Elizabeth, who was past the menopause and therefore unable to have children. According to this account, the birth of John was foretold by the angel Gabriel to Zechariah, while he was performing his functions as a priest in the temple of Jerusalem. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
6A1-SARTO-CS-S1-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Annunciation of the Angel to Zechariah