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File:The Four Evangelists (Abraham Bloemaert).jpg

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Abraham Bloemaert: The Four Evangelists  wikidata:Q28775787 reasonator:Q28775787
Artist
Abraham Bloemaert  (–1651)  wikidata:Q329811 s:nl:Hoofdportaal:Beeldende kunst/Schilderkunst/Nederland/Abraham Bloemaert
 
Abraham Bloemaert
Description Dutch painter, miniaturist, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 25 December 1564 / 24 December 1566 Edit this at Wikidata 27 January 1651 / 13 January 1651 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Gorinchem Utrecht
Work period between circa 1576 and circa 1651
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1576-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1651-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Utrecht (1576), Paris (ca. 1581–1583), Utrecht (1583–1591), Amsterdam (1591–1593), Utrecht (1594–1651)
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artist QS:P170,Q329811
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Title
Nederlands: De Vier Evangelisten
English: The Four Evangelists
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The four evangelists traditionally appeared alone, but in 1526, Albrecht Dürer showed two groups of two evangelists, and about 1566, Frans Floris showed all four together. Other artists followed suit. Bloemaert’s student Hendrick Terbruggen (1588–1629) and Peter Paul Rubens prolonged the theme, but it disappeared after 1621.

Here the Utrecht painter attempts to unify the evangelists and their symbols in a logical, horizontal composition. Luke with his ox, Mark with his lion, John with his eagle, and Matthew with his angel are gathered around a table, each figure intently writing his Gospel. Mark’s lion peeks out from underneath a heavy carpet. Bloemaert boldly poses Matthew with his back toward the viewer, perhaps to convey an impression of an uncontrived gathering of figures in a realistic setting. The scene is set in a shallow space, but the vibrant coloring of the figures, the angularity of their poses, and the frontal lighting give the composition a feeling of depth. Various naturally observed details stand out, such as the broken rush seat of Matthew’s humble chair and Luke’s ox, which gazes out from this learned gathering. The patron saint of artists and doctors, Luke is shown with the tools of these professions, including the artist’s palette and the doctor’s bottle for urine samples, and he is writing the Gospel in Greek characters. One of the folio volumes at his feet bears Bloemaert’s signature on the spine.

Utrecht was a Catholic stronghold, and ­Bloemaert, a practicing Catholic, was a founding member of its painter’s guild in 1611; he had patrons in both the Northern and the Southern Netherlands. The location for which this painting was commissioned has not been identified. The subject of the four evangelists appealed to both Catholics and Protestants, so it might have been a "safe" subject for a Northern Netherlandish Catholic church.
Date circa 1612
date QS:P571,+1612-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 179 cm (70.4 in); width: 227.3 cm (89.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,179U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,227.3U174728
institution QS:P195,Q2603905
Current location
European Art
Accession number
y1991-41
Place of creation Netherlands
Credit line Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
References
Source/Photographer Princeton University Art Museum
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