Saint John the Evangelist (El Greco, Madrid)

Saint John the Evangelist is a c.1605 work by El Greco, produced towards the end of his time in Toledo, Spain.^[1] It now hangs in the Museo del Prado, to which it was left in 1921 by the collector César Cabañas Caballero.^[2]

Saint John the Evangelist
Artist	El Greco
Year	c.1605
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	90 cm × 77 cm (35 in × 30 in)
Location	Museo del Prado, Madrid

The painting shows John the Evangelist as a young man holding a chalice, with a small dragon in it, referring to his surviving a poisoned cup of wine in prison. It is very similar to the painting of the same subject by the same painter in Toledo Cathedral.

See also

• List of works by El Greco

References

1. "St. John the Evangelist (c. 1600) by El Greco". Artchive. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
2. "Saint John the Evangelist". Museo del Prado. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

Bibliography (in Spanish)

• ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). ISBN 84-9550-344-1.
• SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1.
• ArteHistoria.com. «San Juan Evangelista». [Consulta: 09.01.2011].