St John the Theologian writing his Revelations on an open scroll

St John the Theologian writing his Revelations on an open scroll. The fine rendering of the saint indicates a date in the second half of the 15th c. and points to the art of Andreas Ritzos, the period’s most illustrious Cretan painter, who repeatedly depicted this theme in icons associated with the monastery of Patmos. 0.298x0.234 m. (ΓΕ 28110)