St. Mark, seated with an unfurled scroll in his hands, a winged lion's head and forefeet emerge beneath his robes, from a series of the four evangelists after Agostino Veneziano, which are in turn after Giulio Romano

Q: When was "St. Mark, seated with an unfurled scroll in his hands, a winged lion's head and forefeet emerge beneath his robes, from a series of the four evangelists after Agostino Veneziano, which are in turn after Giulio Romano" created?

This artwork was created after 1518.

Q: Is "St. Mark, seated with an unfurled scroll in his hands, a winged lion's head and forefeet emerge beneath his robes, from a series of the four evangelists after Agostino Veneziano, which are in turn after Giulio Romano" in the public domain?

Yes, St. Mark, seated with an unfurled scroll in his hands, a winged lion's head and forefeet emerge beneath his robes, from a series of the four evangelists after Agostino Veneziano, which are in turn after Giulio Romano is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century|Giulio Romano

after 1518

St. Mark, seated with an unfurled scroll in his hands, a winged lion's head and forefeet emerge beneath his robes, from a series of the four evangelists after Agostino Veneziano, which are in turn after Giulio Romano by Agostino Veneziano (Agostino dei Musi)|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century|Giulio Romano

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 9 7/16 x 6 15/16 in. (23.9 x 17.7 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011

Accession Number

2012.136.413

Tags

ScrollsSaint Mark

Art Historical Context

Behold the majestic *St. Mark, Seated with an Unfurled Scroll*, an exquisite 16th-century engraving that captures the evangelist in a moment of profound contemplation. Seated gracefully, St. Mark holds open a scroll symbolizing his Gospel, while the head and forefeet of his emblematic winged lion emerge mysteriously from beneath his robes—a clever fusion of human divinity and symbolic beast, evoking the saint's traditional attribute rooted in early Christian iconography. This is part of a revered series depicting the four evangelists, derived from designs by the masterful engraver Agostino Ve...

St. Mark, seated with an unfurled scroll in his hands, a winged lion's head and forefeet emerge beneath his robes, from a series of the four evangelists after Agostino Veneziano, which are in turn after Giulio Romano

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