Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos (1548–1558)
Titian; Italian 16th Century
Oil on Canvas. Venetian, Renaissance.
Italian Paintings of the Sixteenth Century
According to legend, John the Evangelist was exiled by the emperor Domitian to the Greek island of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. Titian shows the saint as if on the peak of a mountain…