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Bolognese School First Half of the 17th Century - Portrait of Saint Mark the Evangelist.
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Bolognese School First Half of the 17th Century - Portrait of Saint Mark the Evangelist.

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Bolognese school first half of the seventeenth century - Saint Mark the Evangelist. Likely painted by an artist in the circle of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Il Guercino (Cento, 1591 - Bologna, 1666).

This fine and sensitively rendered circular oil on canvas dates to the first half of the seventeenth century and depicts Saint Mark the Evangelist half -length and facing to the right, almost in profile. He holds the open gospel in both hands and to his left is the lion of St. Mark.

The lion is connected to Saint Mark as according to legend as Mark was seeking refuge form a storm in Venice, he was visited in a dream by an angel in the form of a winged lion. The lion exclaimed in Latin ‘ Pax tibi Marce Evangelsta meus, hic requiescet corpus tuum’ / Peace to you Mark my Evagnelist.

The saint is depicted as a handsome young man with thick tumbling curly hair and a lustrous beard which is handled deftly with free brushstrokes akin to the style of Guido Reni. His slashed tunic and richly coloured robes are deftly handed in a palette reminiscent of Guercino.

This image may have its origins in the series of the four Evangelists created between 1615 and 1623 by Guercino commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro d'Este, brother of Duke Cesare d'Este, then sold in 1746 to Augustus III of Saxony and today to the Gemäldegalerie of Dresden.

Provenance: Private collection Bavaria (marked in pencil verso Uli Lang)

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Canvas: 25.5” x 25.5” / 65cm x 65cm.

Frame: 28.5” x 25.5” / 73cmx 73cm.

Physical Dimensions
Height
73cm (28.74")
Width
73cm (28.74")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
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Period Portraits has dated this piece to the 17th Century.

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Bolognese school first half of the seventeenth century - Saint Mark the Evangelist.
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Likely painted by an artist in the circle of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Il Guercino (Cento, 1591 - Bologna, 1666).
Period Portraits
fig 1. BOLOGNESE SCHOOL FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY - PORTRAIT OF SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST.
fig 1. Bolognese School First Half of the 17th Century - Portrait of Saint Mark the Evangelist.

This fine and sensitively rendered circular oil on canvas dates to the first half of the seventeenth century and depicts Saint Mark the Evangelist half -length and facing to the right, almost in profile. He holds the open gospel in both hands and to his left is the lion of St. Mark.

fig 2. BOLOGNESE SCHOOL FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY - PORTRAIT OF SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST.
fig 2. Bolognese School First Half of the 17th Century - Portrait of Saint Mark the Evangelist.

The lion is connected to Saint Mark as according to legend as Mark was seeking refuge form a storm in Venice, he was visited in a dream by an angel in the form of a winged lion. The lion exclaimed in Latin ‘ Pax tibi Marce Evangelsta meus, hic requiescet corpus tuum’ / Peace to you Mark my Evagnelist.

fig 3. BOLOGNESE SCHOOL FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY - PORTRAIT OF SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST.
fig 3. Bolognese School First Half of the 17th Century - Portrait of Saint Mark the Evangelist.

The saint is depicted as a handsome young man with thick tumbling curly hair and a lustrous beard which is handled deftly with free brushstrokes akin to the style of Guido Reni. His slashed tunic and richly coloured robes are deftly handed in a palette reminiscent of Guercino.

fig 4. BOLOGNESE SCHOOL FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY - PORTRAIT OF SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST.
fig 4. Bolognese School First Half of the 17th Century - Portrait of Saint Mark the Evangelist.

This image may have its origins in the series of the four Evangelists created between 1615 and 1623 by Guercino commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro d'Este, brother of Duke Cesare d'Este, then sold in 1746 to Augustus III of Saxony and today to the Gemäldegalerie of Dresden.

fig 5. BOLOGNESE SCHOOL FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY - PORTRAIT OF SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST.
fig 5. Bolognese School First Half of the 17th Century - Portrait of Saint Mark the Evangelist.

Provenance: Private collection Bavaria (marked in pencil verso Uli Lang)

Higher resolution images on request.

Worldwide shipping available.

Canvas: 25.5” x 25.5” / 65cm x 65cm.

Frame: 28.5” x 25.5” / 73cmx 73cm.

Height
73cm (28.74")
Width
73cm (28.74")
Depth
6cm (2.36")
Date of Manufacture

Period Portraits has dated this piece to the 17th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1111394
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Archive I BOLOGNESE SCHOOL FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY - PORTRAIT OF SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST.

Bolognese School First Half of the 17th Century - Portrait of Saint Mark the Evangelist.

Archive II BOLOGNESE SCHOOL FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY - PORTRAIT OF SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST. View II
Archive III BOLOGNESE SCHOOL FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY - PORTRAIT OF SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST. View III
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