3493144 The Angel Appearing to Zacharias, 1799??800 (pen, black ink and tempera on canvas) by Blake, William (1757-1827); 26.7x38.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Commissioned by his principal patron, the government clerk Thomas Butts, this scene illustrates verses from Luke (I:11??3), in which Gabriel appears to Zacharias, a high priest of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, to announce that Zacharias??? elderly and barren wife Elizabeth will give birth to a son, Saint John the Baptist. ).