The Annunciation to Zacharias

c. 1400

Italian 15th Century

Associated Names
This painting shows a man standing with his hands on his chest, looking up and to the right. A golden object hangs from one of his hands. He is wearing a white robe with black and gold trim and a pointed white hat. The man has pale skin, long gray hair, and a long gray beard. He is looking upward with a slight smile, and there is a golden halo around his head. He stands next to an ornately decorated blue table covered with a patterned white cloth. Above the man, near the top right corner of the room, there is a small person in blue robes with blue wings who hovers in the air, pointing downward towards the man. This person has pale skin and blond hair, and they also have a golden halo. The background features a domed gray ceiling with decorative red arch motifs. The painting is framed by decorative borders in gold, blue, and red, with a large cream-colored shape on the right that looks like a large letter I.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    miniature on vellum

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.1 x 14.7 cm (8 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1948.11.131

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    NGA Miniatures 1975, no. 14


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1953

  • Mediaeval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts, Los Angeles County Museum, 1953-1954, no. 102.

1965

  • Italian panels & manuscripts from the thirteenth & fourteenth centuries in honor of Richard Offner, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, 1965, no. 104.

1971

  • A Selection of X-Xv Century Medieval Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1971, no. 18.

1975

  • Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1975, no. 14, repro.

Bibliography

1975

  • National Gallery of Art. Medieval and Renaissance Miniatures from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1975: no. 14.

Wikidata ID

Q64578946

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