# St Matthew

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CIUFFAGNI, Bernardo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ciuffagni-bernardo-r40689229e23094>)
- Date: 1401-1450
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

Monumental statues of the four Evangelists were commissioned for the Cathedral of Florence: in 1408 &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/l/lamberti/niccolo/st\_mark.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/l/lamberti/niccolo/st\_mark.html&#34;&gt;St Mark&lt;/a&gt; from Niccolò di Pietro Lamberti, &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/n/nanni/banco/st\_luke.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/n/nanni/banco/st\_luke.html&#34;&gt;St Luke&lt;/a&gt; from Nanni di Banco, &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/d/donatell/1\_early/duomo/3john.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/d/donatell/1\_early/duomo/3john.html&#34;&gt;St John&lt;/a&gt; from Donatello, and in 1410 St Matthew from Bernardo Ciuffagni. The comparison of these statues exemplifies the Florentine artistic ambience. The fluted decorative pleating of the drapery of St Mark and its exaggerated flexion derives from a style whose obsolescence is demonstrated by the St Luke and St John. As for St Matthew, its rigid frontality recalls the repetitive conventional art of the craftsmen maintained in Florence by the religious orders to counter the sumptuary excesses of International Gothic. &lt;p&gt; &lt;table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor=&#34;\#99cccc&#34;&gt; &lt;tr valign=middle&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; border=0 valign=middle&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 8 minutes\):&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/bach/bach\_bwv\_244\_matthew.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 \(excerpts\)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Isaiah](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ciuffagni-bernardo-r40689229e23094/isaiah-rd2a4c74776478e>)
- [Joshua](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ciuffagni-bernardo-r40689229e23094/joshua-r5feda81af021fa>)
- [King David](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ciuffagni-bernardo-r40689229e23094/king-david-r9d37b1476e942e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)