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The Lion of Saint Mark

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Date: about 1420–1430
Medium: Pot-metal and colorless glass, vitreous paint, and silver stain; lead came
Culture: English
Department: Decorative Arts
Institution: Getty Museum

The lion is the symbol of Saint Mark the Evangelist. The pieces making up the head, halo, and mane of this lion are fragments from a larger panel that have been set within different pieces of contemporary glass to form the current roundel.

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