St. John the Evangelist

Circa 1520
Stained glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Most images of John the Evangelist picture a beardless young man, either barefoot as here or in light sandals. The chalice with the a serpent is his attribute, referencing the legend in which a pagan priest challenged him to drink poison.

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Photographed at the museum by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.