Skulptur

Matthew, the Evangelist, a niche from a pulpit. At the feet an angel. Beard and hair greatly accented. From an unknown church in Bohuslän. Niche image from pulpit along with sculpture UM000399. G: 14 in the 1869 printed catalogue: Träbelte af St. Matheus. Knut Adrian Andersosns Catalogue I The ecclesiastical collections I: 124: 16 Wooden image of the Evangelist Matheus 44 x 20 cm = G: 15 in 1869 year jerk off catalog. From the time after 1550 in Bohuslän., From the Handwritten Catalogue 1957-1958: St Matthew H.44 cm; in the hands a struck book, at the feet an angel m. a lime; the mantle green o. white, wormhole, colour ngt. Flag From the Nationalencyclopedia, NE.se: Evangelist Evangelist, denomination of the one who, according to tradition, authored something of the New Testament Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke’s Resp. St John In church visual art, Matthew and John are often portrayed as elderly men, Mark and Luke as younger. Since the late 300th century, four (usually winged) gestalts, evangelist symbols, have been intertwined with the four evangelists, either beside them or alone, often surrounding Christ or Lamb. Matthew is represented by a human being, Mark of a lion, Luke by a bull and John by an eagle. Related symbolism meets in the tetramorph (“the four-figure”), a winged fuss with four heads (of human, lion, bull and eagle), sometimes also with the corresponding feet. The symbols are taken from the Bible. In Hes. 1 is depicted how Hesekiel sees four creatures (tetramorphs) around God’s throne cart. In John’s Vision in Up. 4: 6-7, the four beings around the throne have only one face each: a lion, bull, human or eagle face. The application to the evangelists is based on an allegorical interpretation of Upp. 4: 6-7, already covered in Irenaeus.