Panel with the Angel Appearing to Zacharias (from a Retable depicting Saint John the Baptist and scenes from his life)
1464–1507
Medium
Tempera on wood, gold ground
Dimensions
37 1/2 x 27 1/4 in. (95.3 x 69.2 cm) Entire Retable: 139 x 100 in. (353.1 x 254 cm)
Classification
Paintings-Panels
Culture
Spanish
Department
The Cloisters
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Cloisters Collection, 1925
Accession Number
25.120.929
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite panel by Spanish artist Domingo Ram part of a grand ret, or altarp, dedicated to the life Saint John the Baptist Created between 1464 1507 in temper on wood with a luminous gold ground the work captures the biblical when the Archangel appears to the priest Zach to announce the birth his son, John. narrative cycles were central late medieval devotion, guidingpers through key episodes from the saint’s life emphasizing themes of divine announcement prophetic fulfillment. Ram worked in the distinctive style ofonese painting, blending Gothic with emerging Renaissance natural. The go...
About the Artist
Domingo Ram · 1464–1507
Domingo Ram (active 1464–1507) stands as the preeminent figure of late medieval Aragonese painting in the Calatayud region of Spain, where he documented his activity from Maluenda to surrounding locales. A master of Gothic retables, Ram led a prolific workshop that shaped local artistic production during the transition from the Middle Ages. Though his early life and training remain undocumented, h...