GRECO, El
(b. 1541, Candia, d. 1614, Toledo)

St John the Evangelist

1595-1604
Oil on canvas, 90 x 77 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

There is an analogous version in the Cathedral of Toledo which is part of a series of the twelve Apostles, called Apostolados. It is assumed by some scholars that this painting also belonged to a similar series.