# The Evangelists St Mark and St Luke [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [STOM, Matthias]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 113 x 154 cm ## Commentary The Evangelists St Mark and St Luke c. 1635 Oil on canvas, 113 x 154 cm Private collection The painting, strongly influenced by Caravaggio, shows two of the Four Evangelists. Mark, seen to the left, looking directly at the viewer, is shown with the attribute of a lion and holding a large book with the words: 'Pax tibi, marce, evangelista mea' \('Peace be with you, Mark, my evangelist'\), the words spoken by Christ when he visited him in prison. To the right, Luke is seen writing his gospel, with the ox, his attribute, beside him. The pendant of this painting, now in Columbia University, New York, depicts the Evangelists Matthew and John. ## Related artworks - [Cavalier Lighting a Pipe from an Oil Lamp]() - [Esau and Jacob]() - [Old Woman Holding a Purse by Candlelight]() - [Old Woman Praying]() - [Old Woman with a Candle]() - [Samson and Delilah]() - [Sarah Leading Hagar to Abraham]() - [Saul and the Witch of Endor]() - [St Ambrose]() - [St Gregory]() - [St Peter Praying]() - [The Incredulity of St Thomas]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()