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DiaporamaSaint Mark
Saint Mark is shown with his emblem, a lion, as though interrupted in his dim study by the viewer, to whom he makes a beseeching gesture. This model, too, reappears in other paintings by the artist (including Last Supper, in this gallery). Together with Saint Matthew, on view here, and two companion pictures of the other evangelists, this painting—cleaned for the exhibition—was chosen by Louis XIV to decorate his chamber at Versailles, which it still does; it has been lent exceptionally.
Valentin de Boulogne (1591 – 1632)
Explore Valentin de Boulogne’s tenebrist paintings! French artist known for dramatic light & dark contrasts, Caravaggio influence, & scenes of fortune-telling.
About this artwork
- Title: Saint Mark
- Artist: Valentin de Boulogne
- Year: 1624
- Original dimensions: 120.0 x 146.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Movement: Baroque
- Creative period: Mature Period
- Corpus context: versailles chamber décor , symbolic lion imagery
- Keywords: saint mark painting , “apostle saint mark” , 17th century art
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