Etching of a male figure with a halo, wearing elaborate drapery, a book open on his knee and dipping a pen into ink. A dove flies in the upper-right corner, and an eagle sits in the lower left.
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Saint John the Evangelist

Paolo Farinati (Italian, 1524-c. 1606)

1567

Medium
Etching in black on paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
27.5 × 18.4 cm (10 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
Culture
Italy
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
Credit line
Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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