The Vision of Saint John, ca. 1609–14, Oil on canvas, 87 1/2 x 76in. (222.3 x 193cm); with added strips 88 1/2 x 78 1/2 in. (224.8 x 199.4 cm) [top truncated], Paintings, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1540/41–1614 Toledo), The painting is a fragment from a large altarpiece commissioned for the church of the hospital of Saint John the Baptist in Toledo. It depicts a passage in the Bible, Revelation (6:9-11) describing the opening of the Fifth Seal at the end of time, and the distribution of white robes to 'those who had been slain for the work of God and for the witness they had borne
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Vision, Saint John, ca, 1609–14, Oil, canvas, 87 1/2 x 76in, 222.3 193cm, added strips 88 78 1/2, 224.8 199.4 cm, top truncated, Paintings, El Greco, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, Greek, Iráklion, Candia, 1540/41–1614, Toledo, painting, fragment, large altarpiece, commissioned, church, hospital, Baptist, depicts, passage, Bible, Revelation, 6, 9-11, describing, opening, Fifth Seal, time, distribution, white robes, slain, work, God, witness, borne
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