The small island of Pátmos in the Dodecanese is reputed to be where St John the Theologian wrote both his Gospel and the Apocalypse. A monastery dedicated to the ‘beloved disciple' was founded there ...

(12:1–4) The composition of the present painting, with its strikingly clear port city, shows the island of Patmos, the sacred place from which Saint John received his divine vision. Faithful to his ...