National Gallery of Australia | Audio Tour | Three Centuries of Italian Art
Luca GIORDANO, The Archangel Gabriel appearing to St Zachary [L'Arcangelo Gabriele appare a Zaccaria] c.1650
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:01:57
- More information
Informações:
Synopsis
A supernatural light illuminates the many figures in this dramatic canvas. Zaccariah was a priest in a temple where the angel appeared to tell him he would become the father of St John the Baptist. The vision rendered him dumb until the birth so that he communicated with his hands to the congregation.
