LOCATION: Aosta, Cathedral, nX window

DIMENSIONS: lancet window composed by 2 panels; h. 175 cms. x w. 85 cms.

PROVENANCE: original location (?)

CHRONOLOGY: beginning of the XVI century

AUTHORS: local school

PATRONAGE: Capitolo della Cattedrale

SUBJECT: St. John the Evangelist, Apostle. 27 December 99 (?). Feast also 6 May. Son of Zebedee, brother of St. James the More, cousin of Our Lord. Represented as a young apostle, beardless, blessing, with long fair hair, wearing a green dress, wrapped in a red mantle, holding a chalice. Tiled floor. The coat of arms of the Capitolo stands out in the centre of the first panel. Rich border with floral motifs.

CRITICAL NOTES: The stained glass window can be compared with many other ones in the same church. In particular, the analogies may be found in the St. Sebastian window. (See Aosta cathedral 16)

CONDITIONS: in bad state of preservation: a great part of the grisaille has been lost and many tesseras are modern glass.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: see Bibl. Aosta Cathedral .

PHOTOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Archivio CVMA Italia – Dono Mons. Garino

EDITOR: Emanuela Linda Cappa, May 2003