S006b Lion/Mark

Sculpture

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Cazalea Collections

Name/Title

S006b Lion/Mark

Entry/Object ID

213

Description

Bronze Casting

Artwork Details

Subject

A tetramorph is a symbolic arrangement in Christian art of 4 creatures representing the authors of the Gospels: a man (Matthew), a lion (Mark), an ox (Luke), and an eagle (John). In Greek it means "four" (tetra) & "shape" (morph)

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1880

Time Period

19th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Netherlands

Notes

Brass

Dimensions

Height

18 in

Width

12 in

Depth

4 in