Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Portrait of John Cassian (Rijksmuseum, atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)Sacred Art & IconographyPortrait of John Cassian (Rijksmuseum, atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)Woodcut, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493, RijksmuseumCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Portrait of John Cassian (Rijksmuseum, atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/johncassian-rijks-rp-p-2016-49-82-3.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Portrait of John Cassian (Rijksmuseum, atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/johncassian-rijks-rp-p-2016-49-82-3Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-portrait-of-john-cassian-rijksmuseum-ate, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Portrait of John Cassian (Rijksmuseum, atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/johncassian-rijks-rp-p-2016-49-82-3}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA woodcut portrait of John Cassian, made for Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, the Nuremberg Chronicle, printed in 1493. Cassian carried the practice of the Egyptian desert into the Latin west, founding monastic houses at Marseille and writing the Institutes and the Conferences that Benedict's Rule tells monks to read. Held today by the Rijksmuseum.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionChristianity, Religions Well-attested Source Johannes Cassianus, Rijksmuseum (atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)tier 1DepictsJohn Cassian, Figures Well-attested The Rijksmuseum's own inscribed title names John Cassian as the subject of this Nuremberg Chronicle woodcut.Source Johannes Cassianus, Rijksmuseum (atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)tier 1SourcesJohannes Cassianus, Rijksmuseum (atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)tier 1RijksmuseumRijksmuseum RP-P-2016-49-82-3View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year