Altarpiece of the Saints John
Altarpiece of the Saints John is a reredos. It is recorded from 1430.
Contents
Practice and materials
Its recorded materials are tempera, gold leaf and panel.
It comprises Altarpiece of the Saints John, Saint John the Baptist preaching to the Levites table, Table of Saints John. Central pannel and Saint John the Evangelist poisoned.
Catalogued works
8 works under this name are catalogued by Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1702 to 1998.
Saints' lives and the rhetoric of gender : male and female in Merovingian hagiography / John Kitchen., dated 1998, held by Wellcome Collection. The Virgin with Christ Child enthroned with Saints Peter, Francis, Dominic and John the Baptist; above, the Resurrection of Christ. Chromolithograph by L. Gruner after G. Sanzio., held by Wellcome Collection. Eshcol , a cluster of the fruit of Canaan brought to the borders for the encouragement of the saints travelling thitherward with their Faces toward Sion. Or, Rules of Direction for the walking of the Saints in fellowship, according to the Order of the Gospel. By John Owen, D. D. D. C., dated 1720, held by Wellcome Collection. Of justification by faith . A sermon Preached before the Clergy, In the Parish Church of All - Saints in Chichester, October 7. 1702. By the Right Reverend John Lord Bishop of Chichester., dated 1702, held by Wellcome Collection. An answer to Sir John Dalrymple's pamphlet , upon the exportation of wool. By Nathaniel Forster, D. D. Rector of All-Saints, Colchester, And Chaplain to the Countess Dowager of Northington., dated 1782, held by Wellcome Collection. The good shepherd or, The Mercy and Power of Jesus Christ, manifested to the Saints in Distress: in a Friendly Conference between a Shepherd and a Farmer. By John Reece., dated 1796, held by Wellcome Collection. A dissertation on the prophecies relating to the final restoration of the Jews. By the Rev. E. W. Whitaker, Rector of St. John's, Clerkenwell, and the United Parishes of St. Mildred and all Saints, Canterbury, dated 1784, held by Wellcome Collection. Remarks on Bower's Lives of the popes , in a series of letters. By the late Reverend Alban Butler, Author of the Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and principal Saints of the Church., dated 1778, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
Wellcome Collection: 1406 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Master of the St John Altarpiece, Oxford Art Online, 2018. Saints Paul and Peter, Saints John the Evangelist (?) and Martin of Tours, The John G. Johnson Collection: A History and Selected Works, 2018. John Garton. Review of "Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece" by Xavier F. Salomon., caa.reviews, 2010. John Henry Newman’s Lives of the English Saints, Making and Remaking Saints in Nineteenth-Century Britain, 2016.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
It is recorded as the work of Bernat Martorell.
Materials recorded for it are tempera, gold leaf and panel. Recorded constituent parts are Altarpiece of the Saints John, Saint John the Baptist preaching to the Levites table, Table of Saints John. Central pannel and Saint John the Evangelist poisoned.
The record gives 1430 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It is associated with International Gothic. Recorded genres are religious art.
It is recorded in the collection of Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Musée Rolin and Museo Diocesano de Tarragona.
Chronology
- 1430Altarpiece of the Saints John first recorded.
- 1702Of justification by faith . A sermon Preached before the Clergy, In the Parish Church of All - Saints in Chichester, October 7. 1702. By the Right Reverend John Lord Bishop of Chichester. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1720Eshcol , a cluster of the fruit of Canaan brought to the borders for the encouragement of the saints travelling thitherward with their Faces toward Sion. Or, Rules of Direction for the walking of the Saints in fellowship, according to the Order of the Gospel. By John Owen, D. D. D. C. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1782An answer to Sir John Dalrymple's pamphlet , upon the exportation of wool. By Nathaniel Forster, D. D. Rector of All-Saints, Colchester, And Chaplain to the Countess Dowager of Northington. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1796The good shepherd or, The Mercy and Power of Jesus Christ, manifested to the Saints in Distress: in a Friendly Conference between a Shepherd and a Farmer. By John Reece. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1998Saints' lives and the rhetoric of gender : male and female in Merovingian hagiography / John Kitchen. (Wellcome Collection).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
John Garton. Review of "Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece" by Xavier F. Salomon., caa.reviews, 2010
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
John Henry Newman’s Lives of the English Saints, Making and Remaking Saints in Nineteenth-Century Britain, 2016
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Master of the St John Altarpiece, Oxford Art Online, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Saints Paul and Peter, Saints John the Evangelist (?) and Martin of Tours, The John G. Johnson Collection: A History and Selected Works, 2018
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1406 works naming Altarpiece of the Saints John.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 6.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q3815496: Altarpiece of the Saints John
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Consult the source - 7.
“Altarpiece of the Saints John”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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