Caption

Wall painting: Saint John the Apostle, Nubian workshop; wall painting of John the Evangelist Saint; ?–ca. 100 — iconography. Depicted frontally, preserved fragment showing the head and left shoulder. Head surrounded by a circular yellow halo outlined with purple and white stripe. Facial contours and features painted in black. High forehead, regular eyebrow arches, large almond-shaped eyes wide open with marked irises and pupils, straight nose ending in a wedge, large protruding right ear left ear missing. Long white beard ending in a pointed tip. On the white robe, the Greek letter eta H visible on the figure’s right shoulder. Folds of the robe marked with wide yellow and purple lines. Original plaster. 8th century, Faras. Wall painting. Dimensions: 105 × 78.5 -79 × 4.5 cm; original plaster 82 × 36 cm; height 105 cm, width 78.5–79 cm, depth 4.5 cm, original plaster height 82 cm, width 62 cm., A weathered fragment of painted plaster mounted on a larger pale beige backing, showing an irregular shaped central piece with worn patches and textured surface; the fragment displays a palette of beige, tan, ochre, and muted gold tones with traces of faded reddish-brown and pale pink pigments; several areas of the paint are flaked or missing revealing rougher gray-beige substrate; thin linear strokes in darker reddish-brown appear in parts of the fragment; the mounting has a narrow darker border visible along the edges and small dark gray clips at the top corners.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_196

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Rights managed

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76.3Mb (5.9Mb) / 14.8in x 20.0in / 4444 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Wall painting Saint John Apostle Nubian workshop wall painting John Evangelist Saint –ca 100 iconography Depicted frontally preserved fragment showing head left shoulder Head surrounded circular yellow halo outlined purple white stripe Facial contours features painted black High forehead regular eyebrow arches large almond-shaped eyes wide open marked irises pupils straight nose ending wedge large protruding right ear left ear missing Long white beard ending pointed tip white robe Greek letter eta H visible figure’s right shoulder Folds robe marked wide yellow purple lines Original plaster 8th century Faras Dimensions 105 × 78.5 - original plaster height 105 cm width 78.5–79 cm depth 4.5 cm height 82 cm width 62 cm weathered fragment painted plaster mounted larger pale beige backing showing irregular shaped central piece worn patches textured surface fragment displays palette beige tan ochre muted gold tones traces faded reddish-brown pale pink pigments several areas paint flaked missing revealing rougher gray-beige substrate thin linear strokes darker reddish-brown parts fragment mounting narrow darker border visible edges small dark gray clips top corners.