S.Joannes V - St. John the Evangelist Plate 5. From a series of fourteen plates representing Christ and the Apostles,
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1616
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
295 x 177 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.8.50
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1859-0806-1226
Summary
(Folio 19, recto, upper left print) Plate 5: St John the Evangelist holding a closed book in his right hand and a chalice from which emerges a serpent in the other; there is an eagle at his left side; with landscape behind; From a series of fourteen plates representing Christ and the Apostles,
Marks and inscriptions
Lower centre: Numbered on plate; lettered at lower centre: 'S. IOANNES. / Passus sub Pontio Pilato. crucifixus mortuus, et sepultus.'
Makers and roles
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), creator after Marcantonio (1470/1482 - 1527/1534), creator