Greek-Orthodox (‘Rum’) icon, 18th or 19th century. From the Antalya region.
Name of the icon: “St. John the Evangelist (or ‘the Theologian’)”
Meaning of the iconography: (from upper left corner to lower right corner)
the eagle is his emblem;
God (the Father) is the direct source of his inspiration;
The Holy Virgin Mary became his adoptive mother under Jesus’ cross (following John to Ephesus);
The Dragon with seven heads, a vision detailed in the Book of Revelation (chapter 12);
Portraited as a young man, without a beard, writing down the Gospel.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.