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Saint John the Evangelist's Vision of Jerusalem

Alonso Cano (1601–1667)

The Wallace Collection

Saint John the Evangelist's Vision of Jerusalem

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'The Book of Revelation' (XXI, 10–27) ends the Bible with an account of St John’s vision of a new heaven and a new earth. The painting shows the moment when an angel carries St John away to a high mountain and shows him the new Jerusalem descending from heaven. Cano was commissioned in 1635 by the Hieronymite nuns of the convent of Santa Paula, Seville, to make a carved retable (screen) with ten paintings illustrating the story of St John the Evangelist. This is one of six paintings and two carvings actually completed by the artist before his departure for Madrid in 1638.

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Title

Saint John the Evangelist's Vision of Jerusalem

Date

c.1635–c.1638

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 82.6 x W 43.8 cm

Accession number

P15

Acquisition method

acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, 1852; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

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Alonso Cano

1601–1667

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