Saint John the Evangelist Causes a Pagan Temple to Collapse. Artist: Francescuccio Ghissi (Francesco di Cecco Ghissi) (Italian, Marchigian, active 1359-74). Dimensions: 14 1/8 x 15 1/4 in. (35.9 x 38.7 cm). Date: ca. 1370. These three charming scenes belong to an altarpiece painted about 1370, probably for a church in the artist's native Fabriano, in the region of the Marches. They illustrate the life of Saint John the Evangelist and follow the thirteenth-century <i>Golden Legend</i>. Saint John raises a young man, Satheus, from the dead; Satheus rebukes two former disciples for their interes
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Saint John the Evangelist Causes a Pagan Temple to Collapse. Artist: Francescuccio Ghissi (Francesco di Cecco Ghissi) (Italian, Marchigian, active 1359-74). Dimensions: 14 1/8 x 15 1/4 in. (35.9 x 38.7 cm). Date: ca. 1370. These three charming scenes belong to an altarpiece painted about 1370, probably for a church in the artist's native Fabriano, in the region of the Marches. They illustrate the life of Saint John the Evangelist and follow the thirteenth-century <i>Golden Legend</i>. Saint John raises a young man, Satheus, from the dead; Satheus rebukes two former disciples for their interest in worldly goods, whereupon they return to Saint John and beg forgiveness; Saint John prays for the destruction of the Temple of Diana. Together with five other scenes, they were arranged in two tiers to either side of a Crucifixion. For more information about these paintings, including a reconstruction of the altarpiece, visit metmuseum.org. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.