St. Mark

South German, mid-18th century
Polychromed and gilt wood
Metropolitan Museum of Art

St. Mark holds a very large book symbolic of his gospel. At his right foot is his attribute, a lion. The statue is part of a set of the four apostles. The museum also has the St. Matthew in the set.

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Photographed at the Metropolitan by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.