Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Evangelist Saint Mark Writing the Gospel with His Symbol, the Lion (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17.190.36)Sacred Art & IconographyEvangelist Saint Mark Writing the Gospel with His Symbol, the Lion (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17.190.36)Elephant ivory, German, 11th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art 17.190.36Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Evangelist Saint Mark Writing the Gospel with His Symbol, the Lion (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17.190.36)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/markevangelist-met-17-190-36.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Evangelist Saint Mark Writing the Gospel with His Symbol, the Lion (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17.190.36). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/markevangelist-met-17-190-36Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-evangelist-saint-mark-writing-the-gospel, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Evangelist Saint Mark Writing the Gospel with His Symbol, the Lion (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 17.190.36)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/markevangelist-met-17-190-36}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedAn 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.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionChristianity, Religions Well-attested Source Evangelist Saint Mark writing the Gospel with his symbol, the Lion, holding a scroll, accession 17.190.36 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsMark the Evangelist, Figures Well-attested 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)tier 1SourcesEvangelist Saint Mark writing the Gospel with his symbol, the Lion, holding a scroll, accession 17.190.36 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 17.190.36View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year