St. John the Evangelist, ca. 1470 – 1490

Title

St. John the Evangelist

Draughtsman

• Andrea Mantegna ?
• Andrea Mantegna circle; alternatively

Set

Five designs for a cross

Part Number / Total

4 / 5

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• parchment

Technique

• pen drawing

Geographic Reference

• Upper Italian

Production Reason

• handicraft design?
• design for a print?

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Work Catalogues

• Lightbown 1986.483.184

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1847

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• John the Evangelist

Primary

• 48A98141 ornament ~ tracery
• 11H(JOHN)9 the apostle John the Evangelist; possible attributes: book, cauldron, chalice with snake, eagle, palm, scroll - portrait of male saint

Secondary

• 49M32 book
• 22C311 nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things