Hans Memling1479

Saint John on Patmos (St John Altarpiece, right wing)

Exiled on the island of Patmos, the apostle John receives the revelation of Jesus Christ, recording the vision he was told to write in a book (Revelation 1). An oil panel from the St John Altarpiece by the Netherlandish painter Hans Memling (1479).

Saint John on Patmos (St John Altarpiece, right wing) by Hans Memling depicting Revelation 1:9
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Depicted passages

Portrait of Hans Memling

About Hans Memling

1465-1494 · Netherlandish

Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges