The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the Annunciation, ca. 1455–60, Tempera and gold on wood, 29 7/8 x 17 in. (75.9 x 43.2 cm), Paintings, Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian, Siena 1398–1482 Siena), Giovanni di Paolo, one of the most important figures in the history of Sienese painting, was active for much of the fifteenth century. This panel is the first episode of an ambitious narrative cycle: a series of twelve scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist, distributed in four vertical rows of three scenes each
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