Salon, 1808, where it was awarded a gold medal; taken to America by the artist, after the peace of 1815, and sold to Leonard Kip, New York.—Atlantic Mag. (1867), xix. 228; Art Journal (1852), 374.
MARK, ST., Fra Bartolommeo, Palazzo
Pitti, Florence; wood transferred to canvas,
H. 11 ft. 2 in. × 6 ft. 10 in. St. Mark sitting
in a niche, with a closed book on his knees,
and a pen in his right hand. Painted in
1514-15 for S. Marco, Florence; sold in
1692 for 480 scudi to Ferdinando de' Medici,
who left in its place a copy by Antonio
Franchi; taken to Paris in 1799 and transferred
to canvas; returned in 1815. Copy
by Anton Domenico Gabiani in Florence
Academy. Engraved by Lorenzini; Lasinio.—Vasari,
ed. Mil., iv. 189; Marchese,
ii. 115; C. & C., Italy, iii. 468; Gal. du Pal.
Pitti, i. Pl. 32; Landon, Musée, ii. Pl. 55.
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Miracle of St. Mark, Tintoretto, Venice Academy.
By Tintoretto, Berlin Museum; canvas, dated 1569. St. Mark enthroned, instructing three procurators of the Zane, Cornaro, and Molino families.
By Titian, sacristy of S. M. della Salute, Venice; wood, arched at top, figures under life-size. St. Mark enthroned between SS. Sebastian, Roch, Cosmo, and Damian. Painted about 1512 for S. Spirito in Isola. Engraved by G. Wagner.—C. & C., Titian, i. 146.
By Bartolommeo Vivarini, S. M. de' Frari, Venice; wood, figures a little less than life-size; signed, and dated 1474. Saint sits in benediction on a throne; at sides and front of which are four angels, two foremost playing a mandolin and viol; to the left, in niche, SS. John Baptist and Jerome; to right, SS. Paul and Nicholas. Formerly in chapel of Cornaro family.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 44.
MARK, ST., PREACHING IN ALEXANDRIA,
Giovanni Mansueti, Venice Academy;
canvas, H. 12 ft. × 19 ft. 11 in.; signed.
People of Alexandria listening to St. Mark's
sermon in a distant temple; many figures
on foot and on horseback, in Eastern and
other costume, with a band of musicians,
and a leopard, stag, and other animals in
foreground. Painted about 1500 for Scuola
di S. Marco, Venice.—C. & C., N. Italy, i.
221; Burckhardt, 599.
