Tag: John the Evangelist

Processione al Calvario (c.1504-1505)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Processione al Calvario (The Procession to Calvary) c.1504–1505 Oil on poplar, 24.4 x 85.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of three scenes from the predella of Raphael’s Colonna Altarpiece, painted for the convent of S. Antonio da Padua…

Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Venezia)

.Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Art: Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) Campo di SS Giovanni e Paolo, Venezia 1743–1747 National Gallery of Art, Washington     See also: • Squares | Venezia (Italia)

Orazione nell’orto (c.1455-1456)

Mantegna, Andrea (c.1431-1506) Orazione nell’orto (Agony in the Garden) c.1455–1456 Egg tempera on wood, 62.9 × 80 cm National Gallery, London Christ is shown in prayer. Aware that his disciple Judas had betrayed him, he left Jerusalem and took refuge in…

Patmos (Greece)

Patmos in Art: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Giovanni Evangelista a Patmos c.1488–1490 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze     Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Paysage avec Saint Jean à Patmos 1640 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago     See also: • Greece | Islands

Cattura di Cristo (1602)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Cattura di Cristo (The Taking of Christ) 1602 Oil on canvas, 133.5 x 169.5 cm National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin Throughout history, few artists have caused as radical a change in pictorial perceptions as Caravaggio. From the moment his talent…