We have 2 artworks by Melchior Paul von Deschwanden online. We have 1824 paintings online.
The evangelist John, in inspiration writing the Apocalypse on the Greek island of Patmos (Revelation of John, I, 9 f.).
For a repetition without background with a Magdalena as a counterpart, both dated 1861, see 'Ich male für fromme Gemüter' - Zur religiösen Schweizer Malerei im 19. Jahrhundert (exh. cat. Luzern 1985) no. I /16, 17.
In: Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (ed.), edited by Christian Klemm, Franziska Lentzsch, Gian Casper Bott et al., Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.
Also known as
St John on Patmos
Saint Jean à Patmos
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 58.5 x 49 cm
Inventory number
428
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by Dr. med. Rahn-Escher, 1882
Signature
inscr. on verso: M. Paul Deschwanden in Stans fecit 1841.
Inscriptions
-
Accession year
1882
Provenance
Melchior Paul von Deschwanden (*1811 Stans, +1881 Stans) (Künstler/-in)
1842, Schweizerische Kunstausstellung, Zürich, Leihgabe, Nr. 53
ab 1882, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, Geschenk
About the provenance
State of research 09.11.2020
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Literature (general)
- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 173.