Gabriel
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In Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and other Abrahamic religions, Gabriel is an archangel with the power to announce God's will to humankind as the messenger of God. He is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible,
Angel of the Annunciation from the Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, 1432
Gabriel announcing the birth of John the Baptist to Zechariah, by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, 1824
Gabriel announcing the incarnation to Mary, by Fra Angelico, c. 1440–1445
A 16th-century Siyer-i Nebi image of the archangel Jibril (Gabriel) visiting Muhammad
Elizabeth was the mother of John the Baptist, the wife of Zechariah and a relative of Mary, mother of Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke. She was past normal child-bearing age when she conceived a
Saint Elizabeth by an anonymous Provençal, late 15th century
15th century depiction of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, with Elizabeth on the left
Mariotto Albertinelli's imagining of Elizabeth (right), here pictured with Mary
Jacopo da Pontormo, Visitation (1528–1529)