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Saint Mark

Baroque
1624
120.0 x 146.0 cm

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.

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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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Valentin de Boulogne (1591 – 1632)

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