An 11th century German elephant ivory carving titled "Evangelist Saint Mark writing the Gospel with his symbol, the Lion, holding a scroll." The carving names the evangelist outright and pairs him with his traditional symbol, the winged lion. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 17.190.36, a gift of J. Pierpont Morgan in 1917.
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Physical Form
MediumElephant ivory, German, 11th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art 17.190.36 1 Medium (class) Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Source Evangelist Saint Mark writing the Gospel with his symbol, the Lion, holding a scroll, accession 17.190.36 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Depicts
The Met's own title for this ivory carving names the subject outright, Evangelist Saint Mark, together with his identifying symbol, the Lion.
Source Evangelist Saint Mark writing the Gospel with his symbol, the Lion, holding a scroll, accession 17.190.36 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Originated In
Source Evangelist Saint Mark writing the Gospel with his symbol, the Lion, holding a scroll, accession 17.190.36 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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1. Evangelist Saint Mark writing the Gospel with his symbol, the Lion, holding a scroll, accession 17.190.36 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art- accession 17.190.36
catalogue record, medium/object-type description
An 11th century German elephant ivory carving titled "Evangelist Saint Mark writing the Gospel with his symbol, the Lion, holding a scroll.
Originated In: Germany, Object record: Country
Country: Germany
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