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Saint Mark

ca. 1624–26
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Saint Mark is shown with his emblem, a lion, as though interrupted in his dim study by the viewer, to whom he makes a beseeching gesture. This model, too, reappears in other paintings by the artist (including Last Supper, in this gallery). Together with Saint Matthew, on view here, and two companion pictures of the other evangelists, this painting—cleaned for the exhibition—was chosen by Louis XIV to decorate his chamber at Versailles, which it still does; it has been lent exceptionally.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saint Mark
  • Artist: Valentin de Boulogne (French, Coulommiers-en-Brie 1591–1632 Rome)
  • Date: ca. 1624–26
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 47 1/4 × 57 1/2 in. (120 × 146 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings