Saint John the Evangelist (El Greco)

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Saint John the Evangelist (El Greco) is a Mannerist-style religious painting by the Greek-Spanish master El Greco depicting the apostle John with his traditional symbolic attributes.

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Saint John the Evangelist (El Greco) canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mannerist painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
artForm easel painting ⓘ
artHistoricalContext Cretan School influence ⓘ
Spanish Renaissance ⓘ
artistNationality Greek ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
associatedWith Counter-Reformation art ⓘ
colorPalette strong contrasts of light and dark ⓘ
vivid blues ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
creator El Greco ⓘ
culturalSphere Greek diaspora art ⓘ
Spanish art ⓘ
depicts Christian saint ⓘ
John the Apostle ⓘ
linked to: Apostle John

Saint John the Evangelist ⓘ
linked to: Apostle John

author of the Book of Revelation ⓘ
author of the Gospel of John ⓘ
depictsSymbol book ⓘ
chalice ⓘ
eagle ⓘ
serpent in a chalice ⓘ
genre Christian art ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Byzantine tradition ⓘ
Italian Renaissance ⓘ
Venetian colorism ⓘ
hasTitleInOriginalLanguage San Juan Evangelista ⓘ
iconographicRole Apostle ⓘ
Evangelist ⓘ
iconographyTradition Western Christian art ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
medium oil paint ⓘ
movement Mannerism ⓘ
originalLanguageOfTitle Spanish ⓘ
period late 16th century ⓘ
portrays contemplative expression ⓘ
youthful male figure ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
style dramatic lighting ⓘ
elongated figures ⓘ
intense colors ⓘ
subjectHeading New Testament apostle ⓘ
support canvas ⓘ
theme biblical figure ⓘ
saint portrait ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santo Domingo el Antiguo, Toledo → notableWorkHoused → Saint John the Evangelist (El Greco) ⓘ