Saint John the Evangelist with Acteus and Eugenius ca. 1370 Francescuccio Ghissi (Francesco di Cecco Ghissi) Italian These three charming scenes belong to an altarpiece painted about 1370, probably for a church in the artist’s native Fabriano, in the region of the Marches. They illustrate the life of Saint John the Evangelist and follow the thirteenth-century Golden Legend. Saint John raises a young man, Satheus, from the dead; Satheus rebukes two former disciples for their interest in worldly goods, whereupon they return to Saint John and beg forgiveness; Saint John prays for the destruction
Saint John the Evangelist with Acteus and Eugenius ca. 1370 Francescuccio Ghissi (Francesco di Cecco Ghissi) Italian These three charming scenes belong to an altarpiece painted about 1370, probably for a church in the artist’s native Fabriano, in the region of the Marches. They illustrate the life of Saint John the Evangelist and follow the thirteenth-century Golden Legend. Saint John raises a young man, Satheus, from the dead; Satheus rebukes two former disciples for their interest in worldly goods, whereupon they return to Saint John and beg forgiveness; Saint John prays for the destruction of the Temple of Diana. Together with five other scenes, they were arranged in two tiers to either side of a more information about these paintings, including a reconstruction of the altarpiece, visit Saint John the Evangelist with Acteus and Eugenius 436496
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