St. John the Evangelist on Patmos
Painting by Hieronymus Bosch
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| Artist | Hieronymus Bosch |
| Year | c. 1489 |
| Type | Oil on oak panel |
| Dimensions | 63 cm × 43.3 cm (25 in × 17.0 in) |
| Location | Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
St. John on Patmos is an oil on panel painting by the Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch, created c. 1489. The painting is held in the Gemäldegalerie, in Berlin, Germany.[1] The reverse is also painted, the title of that picture is Scenes from the Passion of Christ and the Pelican with Her Young.
Related work
St. John the Evangelist on Patmos forms a pair with St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness, which is in Madrid. It was noted in the 1940s that the two paintings may have been designed as wings of an altarpiece. Such an origin would explain the grisaille painting on the reverse, as it is characteristic of polyptychs to have both sides of folding panels decorated. It has since been suggested that the altarpiece in question was an artwork which is known to have been made for St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch.
The painting is difficult to date. If the 's-Hertogenbosch hypothesis is correct, the date would be around 1489, although later dates have been proposed based on other criteria.
References
- ^ "Johannes auf Patmos / Szenen der Passion Christi". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums) (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-08.
See also
- John of Patmos
- List of paintings by Hieronymus Bosch
Further reading
- Ian Boxall. Patmos in the Reception History of the Apocalypse. Oxford University Press
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- List of paintings
- Adoration of the Magi (New York, c. 1475)
- Christ Child with a Walking Frame (1480s)
- St. Jerome at Prayer (c. 1482)
- Ecce Homo (Frankfurt, c. 1475–1485)
- Crucifixion with a Donor (c. 1480–1485)
- St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness (c. 1489)
- St. John the Evangelist on Patmos/Scenes from the Passion of Christ (c. 1489)
- Hell (after 1490)
- Cutting the Stone (c. 1494)
- Allegory of Gluttony and Lust (c. 1490–1500)
- Christ Carrying the Cross (Vienna, c. 1490–1500)
- Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child (c. 1490–1500)
- Ship of Fools (c. 1490–1500)
- Head of a Woman (c. 1500)
- The Wayfarer (c. 1500)
- The Conjurer (c. 1502; disputed)
- Christ Carrying the Cross (Madrid, c. 1505–1507)
- Christ Crowned with Thorns (London, c. 1510)
- Death and the Miser (c. 1490–1516)
- Flood Panels (c. 1514; attributed)
- The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things (c. 1500; disputed)
- The Temptation of St Anthony (Kansas City, c. 1500–1510)
- The Temptation of St Anthony (Madrid, c. 1505–1525; disputed)
- The Last Judgment (Vienna, c. 1482)
- The Hermit Saints (c. 1493)
- The Crucifixion of Saint Wilgefortis (c. 1497)
- Adoration of the Magi (Madrid, c. 1485–1500)
- Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony (c. 1501)
- The Garden of Earthly Delights (c. 1490–1510)
- The Haywain Triptych (c. 1516)
- Fall of the Damned into Hell (before 1490)
- Ascent of the Blessed (c. 1505–1515)
- The Last Judgment (Bruges, c. 1486; with workshop)
- Terrestrial Paradise (c. 1490–1516)
- Adoration of the Magi (Philadelphia, c. 1499)
- Head of a Halberdier (1490s – after 1500)
- The Last Judgment (Munich, c. 1506–1508)
- Paradise and Hell (c. 1510)
- Ecce Homo (Indianapolis, 1510s)
- The Temptation of St Anthony (Utrecht, c. 1525–1530)
- Christ Crowned with Thorns (El Escorial, 1530s)
- Christ Carrying the Cross (Ghent, c. 1510–1535)
- Concert in the Egg (c. 1561)
- Adoration of the Christ Child (c. 1568)
- Death of the Reprobate
- Two Male Heads (c. 1480–1485)
- The Marriage Feast at Cana (after 1550)
- The Owls' Nest (c. 1505–1516)
- Hieronymus Bosch, Touched by the Devil (2015 documentary film)
- Jheronimus Bosch—Visions of Genius (2016 exhibition)
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