Saint 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)
Valentin de Boulogne: Meister des dramatischen Lichtspiels! Französischer Maler bekannt für seine beeindruckenden Gemälde im Stil der Tenebrism und den Einfluss von Caravaggio – eine Ikone des Barock!
Über dieses Kunstwerk
- Titel: Saint Mark
- Künstler: Valentin De Boulogne
- Jahr: 1624
- Originalmaße: 120.0 x 146.0 cm
- Urheberrechtlicher Status: Gemeinfreiheit
- Bewegung: Baroque
- Schöpferische Phase: Mature Period
- Schlagworte: valentin de boulogne , 17th century art , lion symbol”


