as an "image of a third or mixed gender" and "a crucial figure with whom to identify" for male believers who sought to cultivate an attitude of affective piety, a highly emotional style of devotion that, in late-medieval culture, was thought to be poorly compatible with masculinity. After the Middle Ages, feminizing portrayals of Saint John continued to be made; a case in point is an etching by Jacques Bellange, shown to the right, described by art critic Richard Dorment as depicting "a softly androgynous creature with a corona of frizzy hair, small breasts like a teenage girl, and the round belly of a mature woman." In the realm of popular media, this latter phenomenon was brought to notice in Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code (2003), where one of the book's characters suggests that the feminine-looking person to Jesus' right in Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper is actually Mary Magdalene rather than St. John. Gallery of art See also Basilica of St. John Four Evangelists List of biblical figures identified in extra-biblical sources Names of John St. John the Evangelist on Patmos Vision of St. John on Patmos, 1520–1522 frescos by Antonio da Correggio Acts of John, a pseudepigraphal account of John's miracle work Saint John the Apostle, patron saint archive References Sources External links Eastern Orthodox icon and Synaxarion of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist (May 8) John the Apostle in Art John in Art Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian Orthodox icon and synaxarion for September 26 AD 6 births Year of death unknown Christian saints from the New Testament 1st-century Christian theologians 1st-century Christian mystics 2nd-century Christian theologians 2nd-century Christian mystics Anglican saints Angelic visionaries Book of Revelation Burials in Turkey Jewish Christian mystics Ancient letter writers Family of Jesus Twelve Apostles Saints from the Holy Land Ancient Jewish fishers People from Bethsaida Judean people Miracle workers eo:Sankta Johano la Evangeliisto