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)
Utforsk Valentin de Boulogne’s tenebrist malerier! Fransk kunstner kjent for dramatiske lys- og mørkeforskjeller, Caravaggio-innflytelse og scener med spådomskunst.
Om dette kunstverket
- Tittel: Saint Mark
- Kunstner: Valentin De Boulogne
- År: 1624
- Opprinnelige mål: 120.0 x 146.0 cm
- Opphavsrettslig status: Fritatt for opphavsrett
- Bevegelse: Baroque
- Kreativ periode: Mature Period
- Nøkkelord: valentin de boulogne , 17th century art , lion symbol”


