Mark the Evangelist

Title

Mark the Evangelist

Draughtsman

• Gaspare Diziani

Part Number / Total

32 / 126

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours?
• gouache?
• graphite?
• chalk?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing
• graphite drawing?
• chalk drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• textile design

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet mit der zugehörigen Inventarnummer (mit Bleistift)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1907

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Mark (evangelist)

Primary

• 11H(MARK)122 St. Mark writing the Gospel, inspiratory figure present, e.g. hand of God, Sophia
• 11H(MARK)12 St. Mark the evangelist writing the Gospel, usually a (winged) lion present
• 44A31 banner, standard (as symbol of the state, etc.)

Secondary

• 48C1613 base (~ column, pillar)

Historic Attribution

• Venetian, 18th century draughtsman