Saint John the Evangelist Raises Satheus to Life, Francescuccio Ghissi, ca. 1370


Saint John the Evangelist Raises Satheus to Life, ca. 1370, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall 14 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. ( x 41 cm); painted surface 13 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Francescuccio Ghissi (Francesco di Cecco Ghissi) (Italian, Marchigian, active 1359–74), 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


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