Portrait of the Evangelist Mark

Germanmid 11th century (Medieval)

Details

Title: Portrait of the Evangelist Mark
Creator Nationality: German
Date Created: mid 11th century (Medieval)
Physical Dimensions: w16 x h23 cm
Type: illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves)
Rights: Acquired by Henry Walters, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
External Link: The Walters Art Museum
Medium: ink and pigments on thick, white, unpolished parchment
Provenance: Abbey of St. Peter, Reichenau (?), mid-11th century; German Library, 19th century [date and mode of acquisition unknown, no. 203]; Sir Thomas Brooke, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, after 1854 [acquired from the dealer G.I. Ellis, mode of acquisition unknown]; Ingraham Brooke, Sotheby's March 7, 1913, lot 8; Leon Gruel, after 1913 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Place of Origin: Reichenau, Germany (?)
ExhibitionHistory: The Book and the Author: Portraits of the Evangelists in Eastern and Western Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1990-1991
Artist: German

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