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One of the Set of the Four Evangelists: Mark

Alessandro Vittoria (Italian, 1525–1608)LinkedCulture matchlcp-b48ff3ccb37f

Date: Modeled c. 1580
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Italy
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 79574

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Alessandro Vittoria was a dominant figure in Venetian art during the last quarter of the 16th century. The Art Institute's four sculptures , made with verve and assurance, served as models for bronze statuettes that were apparently never executed. The bronzes would have adorned niches in a tabernacle or altar, as is suggested by the summary treatment of their backs. Their poses suggest an ordering, from left to right, of Luke, Mark, Matthew, and John. The presence of their symbols—a bull for Luke, a lion for Mark, an angel for Matthew, and an eagle for John—highlights their role as divinely inspired writers of the four gospels.

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Credit line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment
Provenance: Adolph Loewi, Venice, by 1939 [according to Kay Robertson, daughter of Adolph Loewi, telephone conversation, November 22, 2002, notes in curatorial file]; Adolph Loewi, Inc., Los Angeles, 1939 [according to Robertson conversation cited above]; sold to the Art Institute, 1953.