# St John the Evangelist in Patmos

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DOLCI, Carlo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on copper, 38 x 49 cm

## Commentary

This small copper piece is most probably a preparatory example for two other versions of this subject on large canvases, although traces of these have been lost. The scene illustrates the episode narrated in the book of Apocalypse \(XII, 1-6\): the Evangelist, exiled on the Greek island of Patmos, receives a vision of the woman of the Apocalypse, elevated against a crescent moon and threatened by a terrible seven-headed dragon.

## Related artworks

- [Guardian Angel Tutoring the Christian Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/guardian-angel-tutoring-the-christian-child-r46a930ccef08b3>)
- [Magdalene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/magdalene-rf8e0bd23f85e8e>)
- [Martyrdom of St Andrew](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/martyrdom-of-st-andrew-rfe1af3ade4685a>)
- [Moses](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/moses-rba8adda1ceeefb>)
- [Portrait of Ainolfo de&#39; Bardi \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/portrait-of-ainolfo-de-bardi-detail-r8bc967a030bdad>)
- [Portrait of Ainolfo de&#39; Bardi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/portrait-of-ainolfo-de-bardi-r51381f3f887523>)
- [Portrait of Vittoria della Rovere in Widow&#39;s Weeds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/portrait-of-vittoria-della-rovere-in-widows-weeds-r3443fc6aba4a05>)
- [Saint Jerome in Prayer](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/saint-jerome-in-prayer-r16e4b8af06d9ac>)
- [Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/salome-with-the-head-of-st-john-the-baptist-rf9d58f1e3f32ee>)
- [Self-Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/self-portrait-r1b72d21d00a0a7>)
- [St Catherine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/st-catherine-r6fdd215d6f56a0>)
- [St Catherine Reading a Book](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dolci-carlo-r5eb81e432e3f2b/st-catherine-reading-a-book-rf17b3cd7ee5fce>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)