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Saint John the Evangelist is a 1609 work by El Greco, produced towards the end of his time in Toledo, Spain. It now hangs in the Museo del Prado, to which it was left in 1921 by the collector César Cabañas Caballero.[1]

Saint John the Evangelist
Artist	El Greco
Year	1609
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	90 cm × 77 cm (35 in × 30 in)
Location	Prado, Madrid

It shows John the Evangelist as a young man holding a chalice, in which is a dragon, 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.

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].

References

На других языках

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- [en] Saint John the Evangelist (El Greco, Madrid)

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[fr] Saint Jean l'Évangéliste (Le Greco)

Saint Jean l'Évangéliste est une peinture à l'huile sur toile de 99 × 78 cm réalisée par Le Greco en 1609 à Tolède et conservée au Musée du Prado de Madrid entrée en 1921, de la collection César Cabañas Caballero.

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[it] San Giovanni Evangelista (El Greco Madrid)

San Giovanni Evangelista è un dipinto del pittore cretese El Greco realizzato circa nel 1605 e conservato nel Museo del Prado di Madrid in Spagna. Entrò al Museo nel 1921, dalla collezione privata di César Cabañas Caballero.

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