European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection The Seizing of Saint Mark Made in Antwerp, Netherlands (historical name, 15th-16th century), Europec. 1520 Artist/maker unknown, active Antwerp, Netherlandish Oil and gold on panel * Gallery 217, European Art 1100-1500, second floor Cat. 384a John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
LabelAccording to legend, the evangelist Mark was arrested while saying mass in a cathedral of Alexandria in A.D. c. 61-62. Marcus Cruyt, an abbot at Hemiksem, near Antwerp, most likely commissioned this panel, and his coat of arms appears on the tablecloth at the bottom and again at the very top of the picture. The arms include the head of an ox (one of Saint Mark’s symbols) above a flowering plant, called a cruyt in Flemish.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
