Art and Images related to John's Gospel
compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.
Jesus
Gives Sight to a Man Blind since Birth (John 9:1-41) - this episode
is unique to John's Gospel
- The Pool of Siloam - the pool as it still exists in Jerusalem today - photos by Felix Just, SJ
- Healing of the Man Born Blind (11th century) - series of five illustrations from Manuscrit Grec 74 of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
- Healing of the Man Born Blind (ca. 1308-1311) - Tempera on wood by Duccio di Buoninsegna (Siena, ca. 1255-1319) - from the Web Gallery of Art
- Healing of the Man Born Blind - painting by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 1541-1614)
- Two scenes from John 9 - modern icon - from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
- Pool of Siloam - 3 images from the Eikon Database of Yale University
Jesus the Good Shepherd (John 10:1-21) - this pericope is found only in John, but the imagery is somewhat similar to the parable of Matt 18:12-14 and Luke 15:1-7
- Christ the Good Shepherd (ca. 1660) - oil on canvas, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Sevilla; 1617-1682) - in the Museo del Prado, Madrid; from the Web Gallery of Art
- The Good Shepherd - a modern icon, by Sr. Marie-Paul Farran, O.S.B., of Conception Abbey - from the Printery House website
- Christ the Good Shpeherd - another modern icon - from Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Brookline, MA
- Jesus as the Good Shepherd - another modern icon-style print - from SacredHeart.com Catholic Bookstore
Jesus Is Rejected by the Jews (John 10:22-42) - these passages are found only in John
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John 1, esp. John (the Baptizer)
John 2–3, esp. the Wedding at Cana
John 4–6, esp. the Samaritan Woman
John 7–8, esp. the Adulterous Woman
John 9 –10, esp. the Man Born Blind
John 11–12, esp. the Raising of Lazarus
John 13–17, esp. the Washing of the Feet
John 18–19, esp. the Crucifixion and Burial Scenes
John 20–21, esp. Mary Magdalene & Doubting Thomas
Depictions of John the Evangelist
