Saint John the Evangelist receives orders to write the text of the Apocalypse

The panel is attributable to Cristoforo de Mottis, both as regards its creation and the preparatory cartoon. It is currently exhibited in the stained-glass window room of Milan Duomo Museum. The work depicts John the Apostle, an elongated figure on a boat, and an angel holding a scroll with the inscription “[Q]uod vides scribe in libro / vite et mitte septem ecclesiis", a passage from the Apocalypse. In all likelihood, the work was originally part of a group of panels destined for the large apse window V20 of the Duomo, dedicated to the Apocalypse.