Saint John the Evangelist

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Artist: Giovanni de' Vecchi (Italian, Borgo Sansepolcro 1536/37–1615 Rome)
Date: 1598–99
Medium: Pen and dark brown ink, extensively highlighted with white, over black chalk, on beige paper; squared in black chalk
Dimensions: 10-7/16 x 9-15/16 in. (26.5 x 25.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1964
Accession no.: 64.295.3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

The Entombment
Giovanni de' Vecchi
c. 1596 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Cleveland Museum of ArtAT-00011432
Standing Figure of Saint Peter Holding Book and Keys.
Giovanni de' Vecchi
1536/7–1615 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020755
Esther and Mordecai before King Ahasuerus (Esther 8:1- 12)
Giovanni de' Vecchi
1536/7–1615 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020756
Design for a Wall Decoration: Representations of the Ascension and of the Conversion of the Ethiopian Eunuch
Giovanni de' Vecchi
ca. 1600 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020758

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.