St John the Evangelist

This figure belongs to a group of six massive statues, comprising the four evangelists, St Paul, and the figure of the Saviour, which were erected in St George’s in Augsburg. With his head raised in visionary pose, the evangelist is portrayed at the moment of divine inspiration. In his left hand he holds the open book with the opening words “In principio erat verbum” (In the beginning was the Word).