Abstract
The article considers the rare iconographic type of St John the Evangelist depicted on the 1858 silver-chased Gospel mount from the collection of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum. Unlike other Evangelists, St John is represented as a young man. The author traces the origins of this image, rarely used in Russian Orthodox religious art, back to the original painting by Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) “St John the Evangelist” (1625–1628), which became widely known in 19th-century Russia through its various copies in painting, engraving and applied art.
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