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| Artist | After Bassano, Francesco, II (Italian painter, 1549-1592) |
| Title | St John the Divine |
| Date earliest | about 1579 |
| Date latest | about 1592 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 256.5 x 154.9 cm |
| Description | After a painting attributed to Francesco Bassano in the Ducal Palace, Venice. St John the Evangelist, is pictured writing the gospel in a classical interior visited by an angel. |
| Subject | religion (St John the Evangelist); interior (classical) |
| Collection | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Current accession number | 1948P36 |
| Previous accession number(s) | P.36ยด48 |
| Acquisition details | Given by T. E. Harris 1948. |
| Principal publications | Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 4, ill. |
| Notes |
Alessandro Ballarin of Padua University suggests that this is by Bassano but much altered by age and restoration (1991). |
| Rights status | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth |
