The lion, symbol of Saint Mark the Evangelist

Print
Location: 
Not on view
Artists / Makers / Authorities: 
Anonymous. Catalonia. Barcelona
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Museum tags: 
Medieval Gothic Art
Anonymous. Catalonia. Barcelona
Chiselled silver with translucent enamels
Religion
Precious metals
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Description:

Medieval Gothic Art

Precious metals

c. 1400

5.65 x 5.62 x 0.2 cm

Plandiura Collection, purchased 1932

Inventory number: 

004585-000

Century: 14th
Subject: Religion
Chiselled silver with translucent enamels
This plaque and three more also kept at the MNAC, each with an Evangelist, could come from a metalwork cross. Provenance unknown.
image for: Anònim. Catalunya. Barcelona - Lleó, símbol de l'evangelista sant Marc - Cap a 1400
Anònim. Catalunya. Barcelona - Lleó, símbol de l'evangelista sant Marc - Cap a 1400
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