Saint John the Evangelist Raises Satheus to Life

Francescuccio Ghissi created this panel showing Saint John the Evangelist miraculously raising Satheus from death as part of his narrative cycle devoted to the saint's legendary acts. The series, now dispersed across collections, originally formed the lateral panels of a major altarpiece, likely for a church in the Marches dedicated to Saint John. These vivid miracle narratives served to affirm the evangelist's apostolic power and by extension the authority of the Church in performing sacramental rites.

Painted in egg tempera on panel with gold ground, the resurrection scene is composed with the clear narrative structure typical of Trecento hagiographic cycles. Ghissi's figures display expressive gestures of amazement and prayer, rendered in his characteristic solid proportions with firm linear contours.