File:Italian - The Vision of Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos - Walters 371745.jpg
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[edit]The Vision of Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos
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Anonymous (Italy) |
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The Vision of Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: The vision of Christ's youngest disciple on the Greek island of Patmos is described in the Apocalypse, or Book of Revelation, in the New Testament. With his pen, book, and his attribute the eagle, the inspired saint turns his head heavenward to see the woman clad with the sun and standing on the moon confronted by the seven-headed serpent (Revelation 12:1-4). This passage was commonly interpreted as referring to the Virgin Mary as "Ecclesia" (the Church) and the devil.
The canvas is a "modello" (preparatory compositional study) for a fresco painted on the vaulted ceiling of the refectory of the church of Santa Dorotea in Rome. The church had been rebuilt after 1738, when it was given to the Conventual Franciscan Friars. |
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| Date | between 1738 and 1800 (?) (Baroque) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Painted surface height: 38.1 cm (15 in); width: 21.5 cm (8.4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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37.1745 |
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| Place of creation | Rome, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Federico Zeri (1976) (in English) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, no. 403 , pp. 513−514 OCLC: 2463997. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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