Panel with the Angel Appearing to Zacharias (from a Retable depicting Saint John the Baptist and scenes from his life), 1464–1507, Made in Aragon, Spain, Spanish, Tempera on wood, gold ground, 37 1/2 x 27 1/4 in. (95.3 x 69.2 cm), Paintings-Panels, Domingo Ram (Spanish, Aragon, active 1464–1507), Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, appears in an elaborate costume with pendant bells and pomegranates. Recent scholarship has shown that these indicate his role as the High Priest, whose unique privilege it is to enter the Holy of Holies of the Temple in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur
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Panel, Angel Appearing, Zacharias, Retable depicting Saint John, Baptist, scenes, life, 1464–1507, Aragon, Spain, Spanish, Tempera, wood, gold ground, 37 1/2 x 27 1/4, 95.3 69.2 cm, Paintings-Panels, Domingo Ram, active, father, John, elaborate costume, pendant bells, pomegranates, Recent scholarship, shown, indicate, role, High Priest, unique privilege, enter, Holy, Holies, Temple, Jerusalem, Yom Kippur
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