St. John the Evangelist on Patmos

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St. John on Patmos
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

St. John on Patmos is an oil on panel painting by

Gemäldegalerie, in Berlin, Germany
. The reverse is also painted, the title of that picture is Scenes from the Passion of Christ and the Pelican with Her Young.

Scenes from the Passion of Christ, reverse side of St. John on Patmos, Oil on panel, diameter 39 cm.

Related work

St. John the Evangelist on

St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch
.

The painting is difficult to date. If the 's-Hertogenbosch hypothesis is correct, the date would be around 1489, although later dates have been proposed based on other criteria.

See also

References

  • Ian Boxall. Patmos in the Reception History of the Apocalypse. Oxford University Press, Apr 18, 2013 pg. 197