St. John on the Island of Patmos
1513
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
1513
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
St. John on the Island of Patmos is a 1513 by Hans Wechtlin, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a lone figure kneeling in a rocky landscape, wrapped in a long robe and holding a book. Behind him, a tall, twisted tree stands against a sky filled with swirling clouds. To the left, a ghostly figure in flowing robes floats above the ground, reaching upward. The kneeling man looks like he’s deep in prayer or writing—maybe copying down a vision. The floating figure adds a dreamlike, almost ghostly feel to the scene. If you like this style, check out chiaroscuro to see how artists used light and shadow to create drama.
Johann, Johannes or Hans Wechtlin was a German Renaissance artist, active between at least 1502 and 1526, whose woodcuts are his only certainly surviving work.
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