Art related to John 1-3

Art and Images related to John's Gospel
compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.

JOHN 1-3

The Prologue (John 1:1-18) - this passage is unique to John, but hard to depict in art

The True Light (John 1:9) - modern painting - from John Bell's Christian Art Gallery (USA)

John (the Baptist) (John 1:19-34) - distinctively Johannine is how the Baptist points to Jesus as the "Lamb of God"

Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the Lamb of God) (1455/60) - tempera on panel, by Giovanni di Paolo (Siena, ca. 1403-1483) - from the Art Institute of Chicago
John the Baptist in the Wilderness (1490-95) - oil on panel, by Geertgen Tot Sint Jans (Dutch; fl. 1465-1495) - now in Staatliche Museen, Berlin; from the Web Gallery of Art; another copy at CGFA
St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness (n.d.) - oil on panel, by Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch; ca. 1450-1516) - in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid; from the CGFA website
The Crucifixion (ca. 1515; with John the Baptist and a Lamb) - oil on wood, by Matthias Grünewald (a.k.a. Mathis Gothart Neithart; German, ca. 1475-1528) - in the Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar; from the Web Gallery of Art
St. John the Baptist (1540) - painting by Titian (Venetian; ca. 1495-1576) - Academy Gallery, Venice; from the CGFA website
St. John the Baptist (n.d.) - oil on canvas, by Caravaggio (Italian; 1573-1610) - in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel; from the Web Gallery of Art
St. John the Baptist (ca. 1624) - oil on canvas, by Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1591-1652) - from the North Carolina Museum of Art
St. John the Baptist (1699) - bronze statue, by François Girardon (French; 1628-1715) - in the Louvre Museum, Paris
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness (ca. 1776) - oil on canvas, by Sir Joshua Reynolds (English; 1723-1792) - from the Wallace Collection, London

The First Disciples (John 1:35-51) - in the Synoptics, Jesus calls four fishers (Peter & Andrew, James & John) at the Sea of Galilee; in the Fourth Gospel, five disciples are introduced in a different order: first Andrew and an anonymous person, both disciples of John the Baptist; then Andrew's brother Simon (Peter); then Philip and Nathanael up in Galilee.

St. Andrew (ca. 1426) - painting by Masaccio (fl. 1401-1428) - J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; from the CGFA website
Saint Philip the Apostle (1516) - tempera on canvas, by Albrecht Dürer (German; 1471-1528) - Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; from the CGFA website
St. Andrew, the First-Called - modern icon with quote of John 1:41 - from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
St. Nathanael - modern icon - also from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA

The Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-12) - this story is found only in the Fourth Gospel

Jesus at the Wedding in Cana - mosaic in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Wedding at Cana (1308-1311) - tempera on wood by Duccio di Buoninsegna (Siena, ca. 1255-1319); in the Museo dell' Opera del Duomo, Siena - from the CGFA website; another copy at the Web Gallery of Art with longer biography of Duccio
The Wedding in Cana (c. 1303-1305) - fresco by Giotto (a.k.a. Ambrogio Bondone; 1267-1337) - in the Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua - from the ChristusRex website; click here for another copy
The Marriage at Cana (1376-78) - fresco by Giusto de' Menabuoi (Florence; 1320-1391 ?) - in Cathedral Baptistry, Padua; from the Web Gallery of Art
A Lectern Cloth with the Marriage at Cana (c. 1400) - woodcut on linen; anonymous, German - from the National Gallergy of Art
Marriage Feast at Cana (ca. 1485) - oil on panel, by Hieronymous Bosch (German, 1450-1516) - from the CGFA website; at the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam; another copy at Olga's Gallery
The Marriage at Cana (1495/1497) - oil on panel by the Master of the Catholic Kings (Castilia, fl. 1485-1500) - from the National Gallery of Art; another copy at the Web Gallery of Art
The Marriage Feast at Cana (1500) - oil on wood, by Juan de Flandes (Flemish, active in Spain ca. 1496-1519) - from the Web Gallery of Art; another copy at the CGFA website
The Marriage at Cana (ca. 1500) - wood, by Gerard David (Netherlands; 1460-1523) - in the Musee du Louvre, Paris; scan by Mark Harden at The Artchive; another copy at Web Gallery of Art
The Marriage at Cana (c. 1530) - painting by Jan Vermeyen (Dutch Northern Renaissance Painter, 1500-1559); from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The Marriage at Cana (1531) - oil on canvas, by Garofalo (Italian, 1481-1559) - at the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
The Marriage at Cana (n.d.) - oil on canvas, by Tintoretto (Venice; 1518-1594) - in the sacristy of the Basilica of Salute, Venice; from the Web Gallery of Art
The Marriage at Cana (1562/63) - oil on canvas, by Veronese (a.k.a. Paolo Caliari; 1528-1588) - scan by Mark Harden at The Artchive; with several close-ups; at the Louvre Museum, Paris; at the Web Gallery of Art
The Marriage at Cana (1655-60) - oil on canvas by Mattia Preti (Italian, 1613 - 1699); from the National Gallery of Art, London
The Marriage at Cana (17th cent.) - oil on canvas, by Johann Heinrich Schonfeld (German; 17th cent.) - at the State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
The Wedding Feast at Cana (c. 1865) - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
Wedding Feast at Cana (1949) - by Louis Kahan - scroll down on the "Jesus in Australian Art" webpage
Christ Turning Water into Wine (1951) - by Margaret Preston - scroll down on the "Jesus in Australian Art" webpage
The Wedding at Cana, a Quartet - monoprint by Arthur Cislo (American, b. 1945) - Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, IN
The Wedding at Cana - a modern icon, by Sr. Marie-Paul Farran, O.S.B., of Conception Abbey - from the Printery House website
Wedding at Cana - another modern icon - from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
At Cana Jesus Turns Water into Wine - from the "Vie de Jesus Mafe" (North Camaroon, Africa) - third image on the webpage of the "Hospitality Art Exhibit" (St. Anthony Shrine Lobby, Boston; July 1998)
The Wedding at Cana - by Esperanza Guevara, from The Gospel in Art by the Peasants of Solentiname - fourth image on the webpage of the "Hospitality Art Exhibit" (St. Anthony Shrine Lobby, Boston; July 1998)

The Cleansing of the Temple (John 2:13-25) - this episode is in all four Gospels, but some details are only in John:

Jesus Drives the Merchants away from the Temple (1303-1305) - fresco by Giotto (a.k.a. Ambrogio Bondone; 1267-1337) - in the Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua - on the ChristusRex website
Christ Expelling the Moneychangers from the Temple (1540/1549) - engraved rock crystal by Giovanni Bernardi (Bologna, 1496-1553) - from the National Gallery of Art
Christ Cleansing the Temple (probably before 1570) - oil on panel by El Greco (a.k.a. Domenikos Theotokopoulos; Spain, 1541-1614) - from the National Gallery of Art; another copy also at the WebMuseum
The Expulsion of the Money-Changers from the Temple (ca. 1620/1625) - oil on canvas; by Valentin de Boulogne (French) - in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Christ Drives Money-Changers from the Temple (1626) - oil on panel; by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch; 1606-1669) - in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow; from "Olga's Gallery"
Christ Driving the Merchants from the Temple (1650) - oil on canvas, by Jacob Jordaens (Flemish; 1593-1678) - in Musée du Louvre, Paris; from CGFA website
The Expulsion of the Money-Changers from the Temple (mid-1670's) - oil on canvas; by Luca Giordano (Italian) - in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Jesus Driving the Merchants out of the Temple (ca. 1784) - oil on canvas, by Drouais Jean-Germain (French; 1763-1788) - from "The Age of Enlightenment in the Paintings of France's National Museums" website

The Conversation with Nicodemus (John 2:23--3:21) - this episode is found only in the Fourth Gospel

Visit of Nicodemus to Christ (1880) - by John La Farge (American; 1835-1910) - from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Christ and Nicodemus (1899) - Henry Ossawa Tanner (American; 1859-1937) - no image on line?
Jesus and Nicodemus (c. 1998) - painting by Harry Antis (Ann Arbor, MI; 1998)

Jesus and John the Baptist (John 3:22-36) - this episode is found only in the Fourth Gospel

(for images of John in general, see the section on John 1:19-34 above

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