Art and Images related to John's Gospel
compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.
Depictions of JOHN the Evangelist
Depictions of St. John alone:
- Saint John the Evangelist (ca. 1270/1280) - tempera on panel, by the Master of Saint Francis (Umbria; 13th cent.) - National Gallery of Art
- Saint John the Evangelist (ca. 1272) - tempera on panel, by the Master of the Franciscan Crucifixes (Umbria; 13th cent.) - National Gallery of Art
- Christ Enthroned between the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist (1301-02) - detail showing St. John, from a larger mosaic, by Cimabue (ca. 1280-83) - Duomo, Pisa; Web Gallery of Art
- St. John the Evangelist (ca. 1330) - tempera on wood, by Simone Martini (Siena; ca. 1280/85-1344) - Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham; Web Gallery of Art
- St. John the Evangelist (ca. 1410) and detail of head - marble statue, by Donatello (Florence; ca. 1386-1466) - Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence; Web Gallery of Art
- Saint John (ca. 1425-1435) - tempera and gold leaf on vellum -anonymous (French) - National Gallery of Art
- St. John the Evangelist (1432) - oil on wood, by Jan van Eyck (Holland; 1395-1441) - part of the Ghent Altarpiece; Cathedral of St. Bavo, Ghent; Web Gallery of Art
- Saint John the Evangelist (ca. 1454) - oil and tempera on panel, by Piero della Francesca (Italy; ca. 1420-1492) - The Frick Collection, New York
- St.
John the Evangelist (1500-10) - wood statue, by anonymous
Gothic
Sculptor (Germany; 16th cent.) - Marienkirche,
Lübeck; Web Gallery of Art
- St. John (ca. 1505) - unpainted wood statue, by Tilman Riemenschneider (ca. 1460-1531) - Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich; Web Gallery of Art
- Saint John the Evangelist (1512-16) - by Giovanni Battista Bertucci (a.k.a. Giovanni Battista da Faenza; Italian) - Blaffer Foundation Collection
- St. John (ca. 1520) - detail of a wood sculpture, anonymous (German) - Nikolaikirche, Calcar; Web Gallery of Art
- Head of Saint John the Evangelist (ca. 1580) - oil on paper, by Federico Barocci (Urbino, 1535-1612) - National Gallery of Art
- St. John the Evangelist (1594-1604) - oil on canvas, by El Greco (a.k.a. Domenikos Theotokopoulos, Spain, 1541-1614) - Museo del Prado, Madrid; Web Gallery of Art; also at CGFA
- Apostle St. John the Evangelist (1610-14) - oil on canvas, also by El Greco (1541-1614) - Web Gallery of Art
- St. John the Evangelist (ca. 1618) - oil on canvas, by Anthony van Dyck (Flemish; 1599-1641) - Jagiellonian University Museum, Collegium Maius, Krakow, Poland
- St. John the Evangelist (1620's) - oil on wood, by Anthony van Dyck (Flemish; 1599-1641) - Szepmuveseti Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary
- St. John the Evangelist with the Poisoned Cup (1636) - oil on canvas, by Alonso Cano (Granada; 1601-1667) - Musée du Louvre, Paris; Web Gallery of Art; also at CGFA
- Statue of St. John the Evangelist (1629) - by Alessandro Algardi (Italy; 1598-1654) - San Silvestro al Quirinale, Rome; Web Gallery of Art
- Bust of St. John the Evangelist (ca. 1640) - bronze, by Alessandro Algardi (Italy; 1598-1654) - Chiesa di SS. Vittore e Carlo, Genoa; Web Gallery of Art
- St. John the Evangelist (1600's) - oil on canvas, by Francisco de Zurbaran (Spain; 1598-1664) - Jagiellonian University Museum, Collegium Maius, Krakow, Poland
- Saint John the Theologian (1673) - icon, by Simon Ushakov (1626-1686) - "Russian Painting" website
- Head of Saint John the Evangelist (1820) - oil on canvas, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French; 1780-1867) - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- St. John the Evangelist - modern icon of St. John holding a cathedral; anonymous - Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Cleveland, OH; Cathedral website
- Saint John the Theologian - modern icon, including the text of John 1:1 in English; by Brother Simeon, Light of Christ Monastery - from Monastery Icons; also at SacredHeart.com
Depictions of St. John with other
Saints:
- Saint John Dictating to the Venerable Bede (ca. 1140) - manuscript illumination, anonymous (Austria; 12th cent.) - National Gallery of Art
- Madonna
with St. Francis and St. John the Evangelist (1320-25) - fresco,
by Pietro
Lorenzetti (Siena; 1290-1348) - Lower Church,
San Francesco, Assisi; Web Gallery of Art
- Madonna and Child with Saint Peter and Saint John the Evangelist (ca. 1360) - tempera on panel, by Nardo di Cione (Florence, fl. 1343-66) - National Gallery of Art; another copy at the Web Gallery of Art
- Jesus with the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist (1450) - painting on wood; part of the Braque Family Triptych, by Rogier van der Weyden (Flemish, 1400-1464) - Musée du Louvre, Paris; Web Gallery of Art
- St. George and St. John the Evangelist (ca. 1450) - stone statues, by Hans Multscher (Ulm; ca. 1400-1467) - outside of the Cathedral, Ulm; Web Gallery of Art
- Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (1454) - oil and tempera on panel, by Piero della Francesca (Italy; ca. 1420-1492) - part of the Polyptych of Saint Augustine; WebMuseum
- The Man of Sorrows with the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist (1470-75) - copper-plate engraving, by Martin Schongauer (Alsace; ca. 1430-1491) - Graphische Sammlung, Albertina, Vienna; Web Gallery of Art
- Anne of France presented by Saint John the Evangelist (1488) - panel, by the Master of Moulins (a.k.a. Jean Hey; Dutch; fl. 1480-1500) - Musée du Louvre, Paris; from the Web Gallery of Art; also at CGFA
- Christ Instructing Peter and John to Prepare for the Passover (1504) - tempera on panel, by Vincenzo Civerchio (Lombardy, ca. 1460-1544) - National Gallery of Art
- St. John the Evangelist and St. Francis (ca. 1608) - oil on canvas, also by El Greco (1541-1614) - Museo del Prado, Madrid; Web Gallery of Art; also at the WebMuseum and at CGFA
- Conference with St. John (1807) - etching on paper, from "The Divine Poem of Dante Alighieri," after John Flaxman (British; 1755-1826) - Tate Gallery website (search for title or artist)
Depictions of St. John as or with
the Eagle:
- Plaque
with Saint John the Evangelist (early 9th cent.) - Elephant ivory plaque;
anonymous, Early Medieval Carolingian (Aachen, Lotharingia) -
The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Lectern for the Reading of the Gospels with the Eagle of Saint John the Evangelist (ca. 1301) - by Giovanni Pisano (Italy; ca. 1240-1319) - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Saint John (ca. 1425/35) - manuscript illumination, anonymous (France; 15th cent.) - National Gallery of Art
- Evangelist John (1428-43) - polychrome stucco roundel, by Donatello (Florence; ca. 1386-1466) - Old Sacristy, Church of San Lorenzo, Florence; Web Gallery of Art
- St. John the Evangelist (1736) - wood carving, by Theodoor Verhaegen (Mechelen; 1701-1759) - St. Janskerk, Mechelen; Web Gallery of Art
- Lunette with St. John the Evangelist (n.d.) - by Correggio (a.k.a. Antonio Allegri; Italian; 1489-1534) - Church of San Giovanni Evangelista; CGFA website
- The Eagle: Symbol of the Fourth Evangelist - another small collection of symbolic images of John - compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.
Depictions of other Symbols related
to St. John:
- Saint John's Gospel (1280-83) - detail showing a Gospel Book, from a larger fresco by Cimabue (ca. 1280-83) - Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi; Web Gallery of Art
- Chalice of Saint John the Evangelist (c. 1470/1475) - oil on panel, by Hans Memling (Flemish; ca. 1440-1494) - National Gallery of Art
Depictions of Legends from the Life
of St. John:
- Scenes from the Life of St. John the Evangelist (1320)
- frescos, by Giotto
di Bondone (1267-1337) - Peruzzi Chapel,
Santa Croce, Florence; Web Gallery of Art; also on ChristusRex
- 1. St. John on Patmos - close-up also available
- 2. Raising of Drusiana - several close-ups also available
- 3. Ascension of the Evangelist - close-up also available
- St. John the Evangelist and Stories from his Life (n.d.) - tempera on wood, by Giovanni del Biondo (Italian; fl. 1356-1399) - Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; CGFA website
- St. John the Evangelist Reuscitating Druisana (1502) - fresco, by Filippino Lippi (Florence; ca. 1457-1504) - Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence; Web Gallery of Art
- Torture of St John the Evangelist (1502) - fresco, by Filippino Lippi (Florence; ca. 1457-1504) - Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence; Web Gallery of Art
- Martyrdom of St. John the Evangelist at Porta Latina (1641-42) - oil on canvas, by Charles Le Brun (Paris; 1619-1690) - Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet, Paris; Web Gallery of Art; also at CGFA
Depictions of St. John on Patmos (cf.
Rev. 1:9):
- Saint John on Patmos (ca. 1413) - folio 17r from Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (1413-1416) - ChristusRex.org
- St John the Evangelist at Patmos (1479) - oil on wood; right panel of the Triptych of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist, by Hans Memling (Flemish; ca. 1440-1494) - Museum van het Sint-Jans-hospitaal, Bruges; Web Gallery of Art; also has a close-up of John's Vision the upper half of right panel; full triptych also at CGFA
- Saint John on Patmos (1485) - painting on wood, by Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450-1516) - Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; Web Gallery of Art; other digital copies here or here
- St. John the Evangelist in Patmos (1508) - painting on wood, by Hans Burgkmair (Augsburg; 1473-1531) - Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Web Gallery of Art; another copy here
- Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos (ca. 1547) - oil on canvas, by Titian (Venice, ca. 1490-1576) - National Gallery of Art
- St. John the Evangelist at Patmos (c. 1618) - oil on canvas, by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spain; 1599-1660) - National Gallery, London; Web Gallery of Art
- Saint John on Patmos (ca. 1644) - painting by Nicolas Poussin (French; 1594-1665) - Pinacoteca, Vatican City; ChristusRex.org
- St. John the Evangelist on Pathmos (1646-50) - oil on canvas, by Alonso Cano (Granada; 1601-1667) - Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest; Web Gallery of Art
- John on Patmos - woodcut illustration by French artist Gustave Doré (1832-1883)
- Apostle John on the Isle of Patmos - modern painting by Pat Marvenko Smith - from "Revelation Illustrated"
For thumbnails of many of the above images, search for "John the Evangelist" in the title box of the search page of the Web Gallery of Art:
http://www.wga.hu/search.html
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