John the Evangelist's Vision of God
Artist
Alonso Cano
(Spanish, 1601 – 1667)
Dateca. 1635-37
CultureSpanish
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
ProvenanceConvent of Santa Paula, Seville; removed in 1810 by Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult (1769–1851), Duke of Dalmatia; (sold Soult sale, Bonnefons de Lavialle, L’Ancienne Galerie Le Brun, Paris, 19 May 1852, lots 45 and 44 for 3,700 and 2,550 francs); Marquis Raffaele Luigi de Ferrari, Prince of Lucedio and Duke of Galliera, (1803– 1876), Paris and Genoa; by inheritance to his wife, Maria Brignole Sale de Ferrari (1811–1888), Princess of Lucedio and Duchess of Galliera, Paris and Genoa. (Julius Böhler, Munich and Lucerne, 1926-1928); John Ringling (1866–1936), Sarasota, Florida; bequest in 1936 to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida.
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)
