Unknown artist
Ss. Zacharias and Elizabeth
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The Nativity of John the Baptist is a Christian feast day celebrating the birth of John the Baptist. The Nativity of John the Baptist is a high-ranking liturgical feast, kept in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox and Lutheran churches. The sole biblical account of the birth of John the Baptist comes from the Gospel of Luke.
John's parents, Zechariah and Elizabeth, were without children and both were beyond the age of child-bearing. During Zechariah's rotation to serve in the Temple in Jerusalem, he was chosen by lot to offer incense at the Golden Altar in the Holy Place.
Domenico Ghirlandaio, (1449–1494)
Announcement of the angel to San Zaccaria, c. 1480
Tornabuoni frescoes chapel in Florence.
Domenico Ghirlandaio (2 June 1448 – 11 January
1494) was an Italian Renaissance
painter born in Florence. Ghirlandaio was part of the so-called "third
generation" of the Florentine Renaissance, along with Verrocchio, the
Pollaiolo brothers and Sandro Botticelli. Ghirlandaio led a large and efficient
workshop that included his brothers Davide Ghirlandaio and Benedetto
Ghirlandaio, his brother-in-law Bastiano Mainardi from San Gimignano, and later
his son Ridolfo Ghirlandaio. Many apprentices passed through Ghirlandaio's
workshop, including the famous Michelangelo. Ghirlandaio's particular talent
lay in his ability to posit depictions of contemporary life and portraits of
contemporary people within the context of religious narratives, bringing him
great popularity and many large commissions. More on Domenico Ghirlandaio
The Archangel Gabriel appeared to him and announced that he and his wife would give birth to a child, and that they should name him John. However, because Zechariah did not believe the message of Gabriel, he was rendered speechless until the time of John's birth.
Tintoretto, Jacopo (Jacopo Robusti). 1518-1594
Birth of St John the Baptist, c. 1550's
Oil on canvas
181x266 cm
Hermitage
Tintoretto; born Jacopo Comin, (October,
1518 – May 31, 1594) was an Italian painter and a notable
exponent of the Renaissance school. For his phenomenal energy in painting he
was termed Il Furioso. His work is characterized by its muscular figures,
dramatic gestures, and bold use of perspective in the Mannerist style, while
maintaining color and light typical of the Venetian School.
In his youth, Tintoretto was also known as Jacopo Robusti
as his father had defended the gates of Padua in a way that others called
robust, against the imperial troops during the War of the League of Cambrai
(1509–1516). His real name "Comin" has only recently been discovered
by Miguel Falomir, the curator of the Museo del Prado, Madrid, and was made
public on the occasion of the retrospective of Tintoretto at the Prado in
2007. More on
Tintoretto
Russian icon
Nativity of John the Baptist
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At that time, his relatives wanted to name the child after his father, and Zechariah wrote, "His name is John", whereupon he recovered his ability to speak. Following Zechariah's obedience to the command of God, he was given the gift of prophecy, and foretold the future ministry of Jesus.
Philippe de Champaigne, (1602–1674)
La Visitation
Oil on canvas
Museo de Arte e Historia de Ginebra
Philippe de Champaigne (26 May 1602 - 12 August
1674) was a Baroque era painter of the French school.
Born in
Brussels of a poor family, Champaigne was a pupil of the landscape painter
Jacques Fouquières. In 1621 he moved to Paris, where he worked with Nicolas
Poussin on the decoration of the Palais du Luxembourg under the direction of
Nicolas Duchesne, whose daughter he married. After the death of his protector
Duchesne, Champaigne worked for the Queen Mother, Marie de Medicis, and for
Richelieu, for whom he decorated the cardinal's palace, the Dome of the
Sorbonne church and other buildings. He was a founding member of the Acadèmie
Royale de Peinture in 1648.
Later in his life (1640), he came under the influence of
Jansenism. After his paralysed daughter was allegedly miraculously cured at the
nunnery of Port-Royal, he painted the celebrated but untypical picture Ex-Voto
de 1662, now in the Louvre, which represents the artist's daughter with
Mother-Superior Cathèrine-Agnès Arnauld. Champaigne produced a very large
number of paintings, mainly religious works and portraits. Influenced by Rubens
at the beginning of his career, his style later became more austere. He died in
Paris. More
on Philippe de Champaigne
Unknown artist
Mary then journeyed to visit Elizabeth
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At the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary to inform her that she would conceive of the Holy Ghost, he also informed her that Elizabeth, her cousin, was already six months pregnant. Mary then journeyed to visit Elizabeth. Luke's Gospel recounts that the baby "leapt" in Elizabeth's womb at the greeting of Mary. More on The Nativity of John the Baptist
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