St. John the Evangelist on Patmos
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''St. John on Patmos '' is an oil on panel painting by
Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Bosch (, ; born Jheronimus van Aken ;  – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch/ Netherlandish painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, generally oil on o ...
, created ''c.'' 1489. The painting is held in the Gemäldegalerie, in
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. The reverse is also painted, the title of that picture is ''Scenes from the Passion of Christ and the Pelican with Her Young''.


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''St. John the Evangelist on
Patmos Patmos ( el, Πάτμος, ) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It is famous as the location where John of Patmos received the visions found in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament, and where the book was written. One of the northern ...
'' forms a pair with '' St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness'', which is in Madrid. It was noted in the 1940s that the two paintings may have been designed as wings of an altarpiece. Such an origin would explain the
grisaille Grisaille ( or ; french: grisaille, lit=greyed , from ''gris'' 'grey') is a painting executed entirely in shades of grey or of another neutral greyish colour. It is particularly used in large decorative schemes in imitation of sculpture. Many g ...
painting on the reverse, as it is characteristic of
polyptych A polyptych ( ; Greek: ''poly-'' "many" and ''ptychē'' "fold") is a painting (usually panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels. Specifically, a "diptych" is a two-part work of art; a " triptych" is a three-part work; a tetrapt ...
s to have both sides of folding panels decorated. It has since been suggested that the altarpiece in question was an artwork which is known to have been made for St. John's Cathedral, 's-Hertogenbosch. The painting is difficult to date. If the 's-Hertogenbosch hypothesis is correct, the date would be around 1489, although later dates have been proposed based on other criteria.


See also

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John of Patmos John of Patmos (also called John the Revelator, John the Divine, John the Theologian) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Book of Revelation. The text of Revelation states that John was on Patmos, a Greek island where, accordin ...
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References

*Ian Boxall. ''Patmos in the Reception History of the Apocalypse.'' Oxford University Press, Apr 18, 2013 pg. 197 {{DEFAULTSORT:St. John On Patmos 1490s paintings Paintings by Hieronymus Bosch Paintings in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Bosch Angels in art Birds in art Books in art Paintings depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus Paintings depicting the Passion of Jesus