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[[File:Pontormo,_santi_giovanni_e_michele.jpg|thumb|300px|''Saint John the Evangelist'' and ''Michael the Archangel'' (1518) by Pontormo]]
'''''Saint John the Evangelist''''' and '''''Michael the Archangel''''' form a pair of 1518 oil on panel paintings by [[Pontormo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/catalogo/scheda.asp?nctn=00004202&value=1|title=Catalogue entry (St John)|language=it}}</ref> Each work was originally rectangular in format - the round opening was added in 1737 to accommodate a shrine with a crucifix.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/catalogo/scheda.asp?nctn=00004204&value=1|title=Catalogue entry (Michael the Archangel)|language=it}}</ref> They hang in the church of San Michele Arcangelo in [[Pontormo]] in the artist's birthplace of [[Empoli|Pontorme]] and may have originally been produced for its cappella del Crocifisso.
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[[Category:Paintings of John the Apostle]]
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