Art and Images related to John's Gospel
compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.
JOHN 18-19
The Passion and Death of Jesus is narrated in all four Gospels,
but the following are some of the details found only in John:
Jesus Is Arrested in the Garden (John 18:1-12)
- the soldiers carry lanterns and torches; they fall to the ground
when Jesus says, "I am"; Peter cuts off the ear of the High Priest's
servant (this incident happens in all four Gospels, but only John
specifies that Peter did this)
- Christ Taken Prisoner (1308-11) - tempera on wood, by Duccio di Buoninsegna (Siena; ca. 1255-1319) - in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena; from the Web Gallery of Art
Jesus Is Questioned by the Jewish High Priests, and Peter Denies Knowing Jesus (John 18:13-27) - the "charcoal" fire and the specific naming of certain characters is unique to John; much of the dialogue is also very different
- St. Peter Denying Christ - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace; 1832-1883)
- Peter Denouncing Christ (1660) - oil on canvas, by Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch; 1606-1669) - now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; from the Web Gallery of Art
Jesus' Trial before Pilate (John 18:28-40;
19:1-16) - Jesus is taken inside the praetorium, the Jewish leaders
remain outside, and Pilate goes back and forth, out and in, several
times
- Jesus Is Scourged - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
- The Crown of Thorns - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
Pilate Presents Jesus to the People: Ecce Homo
/ Behold the Man (John 19:15) - Jesus is given a purple/scarlet
robe and crown of thorns in Mark 15:17-20 and Matt 27:28-31 also,
but only in John 19:4-15 does Pilate present Jesus to the Jewish leaders,
saying, "Behold the man!" (Ecce homo) and "Behold your king!"
- Ecce Homo (ca. 1515) - oil on panel, by Quentin Massys (Flemish; 1465/66-1530) - now at the Museo del Prado, Madrid; from the Web Museum of Art
- Ecce Homo (n.d.) - oil on canvas, by Correggio (Italian 1490-1534) - now at the National Gallery, London; from the Web Museum of Art
- Ecce Homo (n.d.) - panel by Luis de Morales (Spanish; 1520-1586) - now at the Hispanic Society of America, New York; from the Web Museum of Art
- Ecce Homo (ca. 1606) - oil on canvas, by Caravaggio (1573-1610) - from the Web Museum of Art
- Jesus Is Presented to the People - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
The
Crucifixion (John 19:16b-37) - this event is narrated
in all four Gospels, but some details are unique to John: that the inscription
above the cross was in three languages (Hebrew, Latin, Greek); that
Jesus' tunic was seamless; that Jesus' mother and the beloved disciple
were nearby; that Jesus' side is pierced by a soldier's lance, bring
forth "blood and water"
- The
Disrobing of Christ (1577-79) - oil on canvas; by El
Greco (Toledo, 1541-1614); note the three women in the
foreground (cf. John 19:25) - in the cathedral sacristy,
Toledo; from the Web Gallery of Art
- The Crucifixion (ca. 1290/95) - miniature on vellum, anonymous (French) - from the National Gallery of Art
- Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John (late 13th century) - wood with polychrome, anonymous (Spain; 13th cent.) - from the Worcester Art Museum
- The Crucifixion (1304-06) - fresco, by Giotto (Florentine; 1267-1337) - in Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua; from the Web Gallery of Art
- Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist (1413) - manuscript illumination, by anonymous Bohemian Miniaturist (fl. 1410's) - from the Olomouc Missal (Missal of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague); now in Town Archive, Brno; Web Gallery of Art
- The Crucifixion (ca. 1426) - painting by Masaccio (Italian; fl. ca. 1401-1428) - in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; from the CGFA website
- The Crucifixion (ca. 1470) - oil and tempera on panel, by Francesco del Cossa (Ferrara, c. 1435-1477) - from the National Gallery of Art
- The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, Saint Mary Magdalene (ca. 1485) - oil on panel, by Perugino (Umbria, ca. 1448-1524) - from the National Gallery of Art
- Christ on the Cross (ca. 1500/1525) - woodcut with gouache and gold leaf on laid paper, anonymous (German) - from the National Gallery of Art
- Crucifixion (1502-03) - oil on wood, part of the Citta di Castello Altarpiece; by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520) - now in the National Gallery, London; from the Web Gallery of Art
- Small Crucifixion (ca. 1511/1520) - oil on panel, by Matthias Grünewald (a.k.a. Mathis Gothart Neithart; German, ca. 1475-1528) - from the National Gallery of Art
- The Crucifixion (ca. 1515) - oil on wood, also by Matthias Grünewald (ca. 1475-1528) - in the Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar; from the Web Gallery of Art
- Mary and John before the Man of Sorrows (ca. 1514) - pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper, by Hans Süss von Kulmbach (Nuremberg; ca. 1485-1522) - from the National Gallery of Art
- The Crucifixion (1515) - oil on wood; panel from the Isenheimer Altar, by Matthias Grünewald (German, ca. 1475-1528) - now in Colmar; from the WebMuseum
- The Crucifixion (c. 1550-1575) - from the Workshop of Hans Mielich - in the National Gallery of Art (note the spearing of Jesus' side, only in John 19:34)
- Christ Crucified between the Virgin and Nicodemus (ca. 1552-54) - study/drawing by Michelangelo (di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni; Italian, 1475-1564) - from the Web Gallery of Art
- Christ Is Nailed to the Cross - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
- Crucifixion - modern icon, anonymous - from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
The
Burial of Jesus (John 19:38-42) - in all four Gospels,
Joseph of Arimathea buries Jesus; only in John does a second man (Nicodemus)
help him
- The Entombment (ca. 1445) - tempera on panel, attributed to Fra Angelico (Florentine; ca. 1400-1455) - from the National Gallery of Art
- The Entombment (ca. 1450) - distemper on flax canvas, by Dieric Bouts, the Elder (Dutch; 1415-1475) - in the National Gallery, London; from the Web Gallery of Art
- Pieta (1450) - oil on panel, by Rogier van der Weyden (Dutch; 1399/1400-1464) - now in Museo del Prado, Madrid; from the WebMuseum
- Pietà (1520s) - oil on panel, by Moretto da Brescia (Brescian; 1498-1554) - from the National Gallery of Art
- The Deposition (1604) - by Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio; 1573-1610) - now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome; from the WebMuseum
- The Dead Christ - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
- The Burial of Christ - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
- Descent
from the Cross (1634) - oil on canvas, by Rembrandt
van Rijn (Dutch; 1601-1669) - from the State
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
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