Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Annunciation of the Angel to Zechariah
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Annunciation of the Angel to Zechariah
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Image View:
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Overall view of the scene panel
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Creator:
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Andrea del Sarto (Italian painter, 1486-1530)
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Location:
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repository: Chiostro dello Scalzo (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via Camillo Benso Cavour, 69
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GPS:
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+43.779619+11.259464
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Date:
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1523 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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painting
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique); grisaille
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Measurements:
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194 cm (height, approx., each panel) x 201 cm (width, approx., each panel)
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Relation Work:
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partOf Cloister of the Scalzo Fresco Cycle
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Description:
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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)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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6A1-SARTO-CS-S1-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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