12th c. Statue of St. Mark

Sculpture

Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

HM-329

Description

Painted wood statue of St. Mark, placed above the portal doors heading into the Great Hall from the courtyard. Oak with traces of original polychrome decoration. St. Mark is holding a Bible and standing on what may be a lion, as this is his symbol in Christian iconography as one of the four evangelists (Matthew: winged man; Mark: winged lion; Luke: winged ox; John: eagle). 12th c. wood carving from Padua, Italy or Finnish, circa 14th – 15th century Installed ca June 1940 (see blueprint 1940.6.1)

Collection

Sculpture

Acquisition

Accession

329

Made/Created

Place

Location

Italian (Padua) or Finnish

Notes

Date: ca. 12th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Statue

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

General Notes

Note Type

HM329 carved wood saint, possibly Mark, ca 12-14thc info

Note Type

1977 Hammond Castle Souvenir Guidebk by N R Kline, J J Bolten (21)

Note Type

1977 Hammond Castle Souvenir Guidebk by N R Kline, J J Bolten (31)

Note Type

1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (28)

Note Type

1986-11-20 to B Deluca, p2 (Mussey restoration for HM 38, 21, 37, 33, 329)

Note Type

1951 Tour Manual 009

Note

mis-identified as Christ in tour