Alonso Berruguete
Saint Markcirca 1560

Not on view

Polychrome wood sculpture of a bearded, robed man reading an open book, with a lion at his feet, on a rectangular base

Carved wooden sculpture of a standing robed figure, shown from the back, with rough unfinished wood exposed along the back and sides, traces of gilded polychrome surface remaining, mounted on a rectangular base.

Polychrome wood sculpture of a standing bearded man in flowing robes, holding a gilded book with ornate cover, one foot resting on a carved lion's head at the base; gold and olive-green pigments with fine detail throughout.

Alonso Berruguete, Alonso Berruguete, Saint Mark, circa 1560, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by The Ahmanson Foundation, The Chandler Family Trust in memory of Franklin Murphy, and Elizabeth C. Anketell, Fred Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison, A. Popper, Hilda Brown, Jane and Justin Dart, Mary B. Regan, Charles H. Quinn, Arthur L. Erlanger, Dido and Jean Renoir, Mitchell Samuels, Mrs. William May Garland in memory of her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blanke, and an anonymous donor by exchange, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker: Alonso Berruguete
Spain, Valladolid, circa 1488-1561
Title: Saint Mark
Date Made: circa 1560
Medium: Polychromed and gilded pine
Dimensions: Overall: 39 × 14 × 10 in. (99 × 35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by The Ahmanson Foundation, The Chandler Family Trust in memory of Franklin Murphy, and Elizabeth C. Anketell, Fred Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison, A. Popper, Hilda Brown, Jane and Justin Dart, Mary B. Regan, Charles H. Quinn, Arthur L. Erlanger, Dido and Jean Renoir, Mitchell Samuels, Mrs. William May Garland in memory of her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blanke, and an anonymous donor by exchange
Accession Number: AC1995.182.1
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance: Enrique Larreta (1875-1961), Buenos Aires, bequeathed to; Acelain collection, Buenos Aires, 1961, sold to; [Enzo Costantini, Geneva and Rome, 1988, sold 1995 to]; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography: Levkoff, Mary. "European Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Update." Apollo 155, no.480 (February 2002): 12-20.
Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 3, Dutch Painting, Flemish Painting, Spanish Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.

Alonso Berruguete
Saint Markcirca 1560

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Alonso Berruguete
Spain, Valladolid, circa 1488-1561
Title: Saint Mark
Date Made: circa 1560
Medium: Polychromed and gilded pine
Dimensions: Overall: 39 × 14 × 10 in. (99 × 35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by The Ahmanson Foundation, The Chandler Family Trust in memory of Franklin Murphy, and Elizabeth C. Anketell, Fred Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison, A. Popper, Hilda Brown, Jane and Justin Dart, Mary B. Regan, Charles H. Quinn, Arthur L. Erlanger, Dido and Jean Renoir, Mitchell Samuels, Mrs. William May Garland in memory of her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Blanke, and an anonymous donor by exchange
Accession Number: AC1995.182.1
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance: Enrique Larreta (1875-1961), Buenos Aires, bequeathed to; Acelain collection, Buenos Aires, 1961, sold to; [Enzo Costantini, Geneva and Rome, 1988, sold 1995 to]; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography: Levkoff, Mary. "European Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Update." Apollo 155, no.480 (February 2002): 12-20.
Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 3, Dutch Painting, Flemish Painting, Spanish Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.