basin with lion of Saint Mark, unknown maker from Germany

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basin with lion of Saint Mark
basin with lion of Saint Mark
basin with lion of Saint Mark
circa 1580
basin with lion of Saint Mark , circa 1580
Where object was made: Augsburg or Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (present-day Germany)
Material/technique: brass
Dimensions:
Object Diameter (Diameter): 25.4 cm
Object Diameter (Diameter): 10 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1955.0078
On display: Brosseau Learning Center
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Label texts

Archive Label: Alms dishes like this were made in large quantities in Nuremberg and Augsburg form the 15th to the 18th century. The winged lion in the center, the symbol for St. Mark, is derived from the book of Revelation, where St. John described a vision in which the throne of God appears surrounded by four winged beasts. Medieval theologians interpreted these beasts as symbols for the four evangelists.

Exhibitions

Brosseau Center for Learning: Let’s Get Medieval
Kate Meyer, curator
2025
The Object Speaks
Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
Celka Straughn, curator
2016–2021
From the Collection of the University of Kansas
1971

Citations

Youle, Randolph A., and John W. Ittmans, Charles C. Eldredge. From the Collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Art, April 15 - June 13, 1971. Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 1971.

Broun, Elizabeth. Handbook of the Collection: Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art. Lawrence, Kansas: Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, 1978.