In front of certain tympanums, statues, columns, capitals or stained glass windows of Romanesque or Gothic churches, we are sometimes unable to identify the characters represented. However, there are simple means for recognizing them:
' Holy John the Evangelist' Domenikos Theotocopoulos (known as El Greco ) (1594-1604) Oil on fabric. 90 X 77 cm. Museum of Prado, Madrid.
He is also represented with a cup poisoned by snakes by which they wanted to make him perish. 2: Author of the fourth Gospel, he is also the author of...? AGenesis BApocalypse Cthe Song of Songs
Raphael Sanzio (1505) Museum of the Louvre, Paris.
Domenico Beccafumi (1521) Oil on wood. Pinacoteca Nazionale, His.
Michel-angel Merisi (known as Caravage ) (1601-02) Oil on fabric. 107 X 146 cm. Sanssouci, Potsdam.
' the martyrdom of St.Etienne' Tiziano Vecello (known as Titien ) (about 1542) Oil on fabric. 201 X 134 cm. Gallery dell' Accademia, Venice.
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