Lion of St Mark by Cima da Conegliano, Gallerie
Il Leone de San Marco, or The Lion of St Mark, Renaissance painting by Cima da Conegliano, 1459-1517, in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy. The winged lion, symbol of the evangelist who is also patron saint of Venice, has a paw on the gospels, and is flanked by (left-right) St John the Baptist with a lamb and book, St John the Evangelist with his gospel, Mary Magdalene with her jar of ointment and St Jerome studying the scriptures. The painting is from the Palazzo Camerlenghi, by the Rialto Bridge, and was originally thought to be by Giovanni Buonsiglio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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