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ANJ4986423: Announcement of the angel to Zechariah: Saint Zechariah and Saint Elisabeth, already advanced in age, had no children. One day Zachariah offered incense in the Temple, an angel appeared to him and said to him: “Fear not, your prayer has been answered, your wife will give you a son whom you will call John..."” - by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1485-90, Chapel Major or Tornabuoni, Chiesa Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1449-94) / Bridgeman Images
ANJ4988970: The kidnapping of Ganymede. As he grazed his flock on Mount Ida of Troade, Zeus turned into an eagle, kidnapped him to become his lover, and the song of the gods. Baroque painting by Mattia Preti Il Cavaliere Calabrese (1613-1699). Galleria Pallavicini, Rome., Preti, Mattia (Il Calabrese) (1613-99) / Bridgeman Images