St John on Patmos
Panel
1538/9 (made)
1538/9 (made)
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The figure shown in this panel is St John, one of the original 12 Apostles of Christ. He was considered to be the author of the Fourth Gospel of the New Testament and the Apocalypse (The Book of Revelation).
St John was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the teachings of Christ. Patmos lies off the coast of Asia Minor. This panel shows him in exile, receiving a revelation from God and writing the Apocalypse.
The woman he sees in the vision is from the first part of St John's Apocalypse. He describes her as having a crown of twelve stars and the sun and the moon under her feet. Her first born is destined to rule all nations. This woman became equated with the Virgin Mary early on in the Christian Church.
Gerhard Remisch was a glass painter and head of a prolific workshop in the Rhineland in the first half of the 16th century.
St John was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the teachings of Christ. Patmos lies off the coast of Asia Minor. This panel shows him in exile, receiving a revelation from God and writing the Apocalypse.
The woman he sees in the vision is from the first part of St John's Apocalypse. He describes her as having a crown of twelve stars and the sun and the moon under her feet. Her first born is destined to rule all nations. This woman became equated with the Virgin Mary early on in the Christian Church.
Gerhard Remisch was a glass painter and head of a prolific workshop in the Rhineland in the first half of the 16th century.
Object details
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| Title | St John on Patmos (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Clear and coloured glass with painted details and silver stain |
| Brief description | Panel with clear and coloured glass with silver stain. Depicting St John writing the Book of Revelations and receiving a vision of the Woman of the Apocalypse. Formerly in the Cloister at Steinfeld in the Rhineland. Made in the workshop of Gerhard Remisch. German, 1538/9 |
| Credit line | Given by E.E. Cook Esquire. |
| Object history | From Steinfeld |
| Production | After an engraving by Martin Schongauer |
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| Summary | The figure shown in this panel is St John, one of the original 12 Apostles of Christ. He was considered to be the author of the Fourth Gospel of the New Testament and the Apocalypse (The Book of Revelation). St John was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the teachings of Christ. Patmos lies off the coast of Asia Minor. This panel shows him in exile, receiving a revelation from God and writing the Apocalypse. The woman he sees in the vision is from the first part of St John's Apocalypse. He describes her as having a crown of twelve stars and the sun and the moon under her feet. Her first born is destined to rule all nations. This woman became equated with the Virgin Mary early on in the Christian Church. Gerhard Remisch was a glass painter and head of a prolific workshop in the Rhineland in the first half of the 16th century. |
| Bibliographic reference | Christiane Andersson and Charles Talbot, From a Mighty Fortress: Prints, Drawings and Books in the Age of Luther, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1983 |
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| Accession number | C.263:2-1928 |
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| Record created | June 13, 2002 |
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