John the Evangelist's Vision of God
Artist
Alonso Cano
(Spanish, 1601 – 1667)
Dateca. 1635-37
CultureSpanish
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN344
This painting and Saint John the Evangelist's Vision of the Lamb (also displayed in this gallery), showing scenes of Saint John's visions as recounted in the Book of Revelation, were originally part of a large multi-paneled altarpiece in the convent church of Saint Paul in Seville. Other paintings from this now dismantled altarpiece are now in the Louvre, Paris, and the Wallace Collection, London. Cano introduces highly keyed, theatrical colors and bright lighting to accentuate the visionary nature of the subject matter.
On View
Not on viewImage: 28 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (72.4 x 40 cm)
