Portrait of an Evangelist, possibly St. Mark, between 4th and 9th century

  • Coptic, Egyptian

Wool with linen

  • Overall: 10 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (26.7 × 19.7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Octavia W. Bates Fund

46.76

(Egypt). (Marguerite Mallon-Nadaud)

1946-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Coptic, Egyptian, Portrait of an Evangelist, possibly St. Mark, between 4th and 9th century, wool with linen. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Octavia W. Bates Fund, 46.76.