Jan de Beer and workshop

Key facts

Full title	Saint John the Evangelist (Right Panel)
Artist	Jan de Beer and workshop
Artist dates	documented 1491; died 1527/8
Group	Triptych: The Virgin and Child with Saints
Date made	about 1515-20
Medium and support	Oil on wood
Dimensions	146 × 47.6 cm
Acquisition credit	On loan from Longford Castle collection
Inventory number	L1100.3
Location	Room 14
Art route(s)	C
Image copyright	On loan from Longford Castle collection, © Private Collection 2010
Collection	Main Collection

Saint John the Evangelist (Right Panel)

The rich and detailed execution of this altarpiece implies it was an important commission. The presence of so many books and figures reading suggests it was painted for a cultivated patron, and perhaps a woman as all the saints around the holy family and the infant Saint John are female.

The elaborate throne combines Gothic and Italian Renaissance elements, such as sculptural reliefs with nude figures and statues of putti, or winged infants. John the Baptist appears on the left shutter with a scene of his preaching in the foreground, while the right shutter depicts John the Evangelist and his vision on the island of Patmos.

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Saint John the Evangelist (Right Panel) by Jan de Beer and workshop

Jan de Beer and workshop, Saint John the Evangelist (Right Panel)

Saint John the Evangelist (Right Panel)

Saint John the Evangelist (Right Panel)

Triptych: The Virgin and Child with Saints

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