Johannes der Evangelist mit Giftbecher, 1518

Title

Johannes der Evangelist mit Giftbecher

Draughtsman

• Wolf Huber

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• white heightening
• primary coat

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Datiert oben rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): 1518

Captions Added Later

Verso mittig Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• John the Evangelist

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Jacobus de Voragine

Illustrated Passage

• Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984

Primary

• 73F2346 John drinks from the poisoned chalice, given to him by the priest of Diana of Ephesus; John resuscitates two women who had already died from the poison

Secondary

• 22C3114 rays as nimbus
• 31E3 the corpse
• 41D221(TURBAN) head-gear: turban