Art and Images related to John's Gospel
compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.
JOHN 18–19
The Passion and Death of Jesus is narrated in all four Gospels, but the following are some of the details found only in John:
Jesus Is Arrested in the Garden (John 18:1-12) - the soldiers carry lanterns and torches; they fall to the ground when Jesus says, "I am"; Peter cuts off the ear of the High Priest's servant (this incident happens in all four Gospels, but only John specifies that Peter did this)
- Christ Taken Prisoner (1308-11) - tempera on wood, by Duccio di Buoninsegna (Siena; ca. 1255-1319) - in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena; from the Web Gallery of Art
Jesus Is Questioned by the Jewish High Priests, and Peter Denies Knowing Jesus (John 18:13-27) - the "charcoal" fire and the specific naming of certain characters is unique to John; much of the dialogue is also very different
- St. Peter Denying Christ - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace; 1832-1883)
- Peter Denouncing Christ (1660) - oil on canvas, by Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch; 1606-1669) - now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; from the Web Gallery of Art
Jesus' Trial before Pilate (John 18:28-40; 19:1-16) - Jesus is taken inside the praetorium, the Jewish leaders remain outside, and Pilate goes back and forth, out and in, several times
- Jesus Is Scourged - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
- The Crown of Thorns - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
Pilate Presents Jesus to the People: Ecce Homo / Behold the Man (John 19:15) - Jesus is given a purple/scarlet robe and crown of thorns in Mark 15:17-20 and Matt 27:28-31 also, but only in John 19:4-15 does Pilate present Jesus to the Jewish leaders, saying, "Behold the man!" (Ecce homo) and "Behold your king!"
- Ecce Homo (ca. 1515) - oil on panel, by Quentin Massys (Flemish; 1465/66-1530) - now at the Museo del Prado, Madrid; from the Web Museum of Art
- Ecce Homo (n.d.) - oil on canvas, by Correggio (Italian 1490-1534) - now at the National Gallery, London; from the Web Museum of Art
- Ecce Homo (n.d.) - panel by Luis de Morales (Spanish; 1520-1586) - now at the Hispanic Society of America, New York; from the Web Museum of Art
- Ecce Homo (ca. 1606) - oil on canvas, by Caravaggio (1573-1610) - from the Web Museum of Art
- Jesus Is Presented to the People - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
The
Crucifixion (John 19:16b-37) - this event is narrated
in all four Gospels, but some details are unique to John: that the inscription
above the cross was in three languages (Hebrew, Latin, Greek); that
Jesus' tunic was seamless; that Jesus' mother and the beloved disciple
were nearby; that Jesus' side is pierced by a soldier's lance, bring
forth "blood and water"
- The
Disrobing of Christ (1577-79) - oil on canvas; by El
Greco (Toledo, 1541-1614); note the three women in the
foreground (cf. John 19:25) - in the cathedral sacristy,
Toledo; from the Web Gallery of Art
- The Crucifixion (ca. 1290/95) - miniature on vellum, anonymous (French) - from the National Gallery of Art
- Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John (late 13th century) - wood with polychrome, anonymous (Spain; 13th cent.) - from the Worcester Art Museum
- The Crucifixion (1304-06) - fresco, by Giotto (Florentine; 1267-1337) - in Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua; from the Web Gallery of Art
- Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist (1413) - manuscript illumination, by anonymous Bohemian Miniaturist (fl. 1410's) - from the Olomouc Missal (Missal of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague); now in Town Archive, Brno; Web Gallery of Art
- The Crucifixion (ca. 1426) - painting by Masaccio (Italian; fl. ca. 1401-1428) - in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples; from the CGFA website
- The Crucifixion (ca. 1470) - oil and tempera on panel, by Francesco del Cossa (Ferrara, c. 1435-1477) - from the National Gallery of Art
- The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, Saint Mary Magdalene (ca. 1485) - oil on panel, by Perugino (Umbria, ca. 1448-1524) - from the National Gallery of Art
- Christ on the Cross (ca. 1500/1525) - woodcut with gouache and gold leaf on laid paper, anonymous (German) - from the National Gallery of Art
- Crucifixion (1502-03) - oil on wood, part of the Citta di Castello Altarpiece; by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520) - now in the National Gallery, London; from the Web Gallery of Art
- Small Crucifixion (ca. 1511/1520) - oil on panel, by Matthias Grünewald (a.k.a. Mathis Gothart Neithart; German, ca. 1475-1528) - from the National Gallery of Art
- The Crucifixion (ca. 1515) - oil on wood, also by Matthias Grünewald (ca. 1475-1528) - in the Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar; from the Web Gallery of Art
- Mary and John before the Man of Sorrows (ca. 1514) - pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper, by Hans Süss von Kulmbach (Nuremberg; ca. 1485-1522) - from the National Gallery of Art
- The Crucifixion (1515) - oil on wood; panel from the Isenheimer Altar, by Matthias Grünewald (German, ca. 1475-1528) - now in Colmar; from the WebMuseum
- The Crucifixion (c. 1550-1575) - from the Workshop of Hans Mielich - in the National Gallery of Art (note the spearing of Jesus' side, only in John 19:34)
- Christ Crucified between the Virgin and Nicodemus (ca. 1552-54) - study/drawing by Michelangelo (di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni; Italian, 1475-1564) - from the Web Gallery of Art
- Christ Is Nailed to the Cross - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
- Crucifixion - modern icon, anonymous - from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
The
Burial of Jesus (John 19:38-42) - in all four Gospels,
Joseph of Arimathea buries Jesus; only in John does a second man (Nicodemus)
help him
- The Entombment (ca. 1445) - tempera on panel, attributed to Fra Angelico (Florentine; ca. 1400-1455) - from the National Gallery of Art
- The Entombment (ca. 1450) - distemper on flax canvas, by Dieric Bouts, the Elder (Dutch; 1415-1475) - in the National Gallery, London; from the Web Gallery of Art
- Pieta (1450) - oil on panel, by Rogier van der Weyden (Dutch; 1399/1400-1464) - now in Museo del Prado, Madrid; from the WebMuseum
- Pietà (1520s) - oil on panel, by Moretto da Brescia (Brescian; 1498-1554) - from the National Gallery of Art
- The Deposition (1604) - by Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio; 1573-1610) - now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome; from the WebMuseum
- The Dead Christ - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
- The Burial of Christ - woodcut by Gustave Doré (Alsace, 1832-1883)
- Descent
from the Cross (1634) - oil on canvas, by Rembrandt
van Rijn (Dutch; 1601-1669) - from the State
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
GO TO
John 1, esp. John (the Baptizer)
John 2–3, esp. the Wedding at Cana
John 4–6, esp. the Samaritan Woman
John 7–8, esp. the Adulterous Woman
John 9 –10, esp. the Man Born Blind
John 11–12, esp. the Raising of Lazarus
John 13–17, esp. the Washing of the Feet
John 18–19, esp. the Crucifixion and Burial Scenes
John 20–21, esp. Mary Magdalene & Doubting Thomas
Depictions of John the Evangelist
