# St John the Evangelist Resuscitating Drusiana [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LIPPI, Filippino]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The scene depicting St John the Evangelist Resuscitating Drusiana is on the left wall of the chapel. This miracle is described in the Golden Legend. It was wrought by the evangelist John in Ephesus, to which he retired after having been tortured by Emperor Domitian and banished to Patmos, where he wrote the book of Revelation. The event takes place in the foreground, there are groupings of onlookers left and right. The background is like a theatre backdrop, a cityscape filled with towers, gates, and church façades that are more evocative of central Italy than classical antiquity. Lippi patterned this composition after <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/giotto/s\_croce/1peruzzi/evang2.html'\)" HREF="/html/g/giotto/s\_croce/1peruzzi/evang2.html">Giotto's depiction of the same event</A> in the Peruzzi Chapel in Santa Croce. Some of the details are borrowed from <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/donatell/2\_mature/sacristy/1sacri16.html'\)" HREF="/html/d/donatell/2\_mature/sacristy/1sacri16.html">Donatello's tondo</A> in the Old Sacristy at San Lorenzo. ## Related artworks - [Abraham]() - [Adam]() - [Adoration of the Child \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Allegory of Music or Erato]() - [Allegory]() - [Altar wall of the Carafa Chapel]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()