GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico
(b. 1449, Firenze, d. 1494, Firenze)

St John the Evangelist

1486-90
Fresco
Cappella Tornabuoni, Santa Maria Novella, Florence

In the Gothic vaults of the Tornabuoni Chapel the four Evangelists are floating on clouds.

St John the Evangelist is writing down God's words, which are being conveyed to him by his symbolic animal, the eagle, on a piece of paper.




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