Saint_John_the_Evangelist_(El_Greco,_Madrid)

<i>Saint John the Evangelist</i> (El Greco, Madrid)

Saint John the Evangelist (El Greco, Madrid)

Painting by El Greco

Saint John the Evangelist is a c.1605 work by El Greco, produced towards the end of his time in Toledo, Spain.[1] It now hangs in the Museo del Prado, to which it was left in 1921 by the collector César Cabañas Caballero.[2]

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The painting shows John the Evangelist as a young man holding a chalice, with a small dragon in it, referring to his surviving a poisoned cup of wine in prison. It is very similar to the painting of the same subject by the same painter in Toledo Cathedral.

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References

  1. [1]
    "St. John the Evangelist (c. 1600) by El Greco". Artchive. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Saint John the Evangelist". Museo del Prado. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

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