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Preview image of work. oil on canvas, Saint Mark the Evangelist 16088

2007.25

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Saint Mark the Evangelist

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Artist

Artist Unidentified (French)

Title

Saint Mark the Evangelist

Creation Date

1630-1635

Century

early 17th century

Dimensions

57 5/16 in. x 46 5/8 in. (145.57 cm x 118.43 cm)

Object Type

painting

Creation Place

Europe

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Credit Line

Gift of George and Elaine Keyes

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

2007.25

Scholars have tentatively attributed this colossal three-quarter figure of Saint Mark the Evangelist to the Italian artist Giuseppe Vermiglio, whose oeuvre has only recently been the focus of study. Vermiglio was based in Milan and Mantua and, in the early years of the seventeenth century, in Rome, where he drew the ire of the authorities for owning an unlicensed sword and being involved in fights with other artists. This imposing figure of the Evangelist focuses on a moment of divine inspiration, in which Saint Mark pauses in the writing of his gospel and thoughtfully glances to the heavens, while his attribute, the lion, is peacefully asleep.

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