Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›Saint Matthew and the Angel (Savoldo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12.14)Sacred Art & IconographySaint Matthew and the Angel (Savoldo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12.14)Oil on canvas, Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo, Italy, circa 1508 to 1548, Metropolitan Museum of Art 12.14Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Saint Matthew and the Angel (Savoldo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12.14)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/saint-matthew-angel-savoldo-met-12-14.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Saint Matthew and the Angel (Savoldo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12.14). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/saint-matthew-angel-savoldo-met-12-14Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-saint-matthew-and-the-angel-savoldo-metr, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Saint Matthew and the Angel (Savoldo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12.14)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/saint-matthew-angel-savoldo-met-12-14}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedAn oil on canvas by the Italian painter Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo, painted between about 1508 and 1548, showing Matthew the Evangelist at his writing with the angel that traditionally accompanies him in Christian art. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 12.14, Marquand Fund, 1912.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsSubject MatterDevotional FunctionWell-attestedThe biographer Giorgio Vasari records that Savoldo painted a group of nocturnal genre scenes around 1534, night pieces with fires, that this panel is generally counted among; pictures of this kind were made as small cabinet paintings for private connoisseurs to admire the artist's handling of candlelight and firelight against deep shadow, rather than as altarpieces intended for public devotion. 1Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionChristianity, Religions Well-attested Source Saint Matthew and the Angel, accession 12.14 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsMatthew, Figures Well-attested The painting's directly named subject per the museum's own title, shown with the angel his own Gospel-writing tradition assigns him, matching the corroborating Wikipedia record's account of that same attribute.Source Saint Matthew and the Angel, accession 12.14 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Additional Source Matthew the Apostle (Wikipedia)tier 3Sources1. Saint Matthew and the Angel, accession 12.14 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of ArtView the SourceMatthew the Apostle (Wikipedia)tier 3WikipediaDepicts: MatthewQuote, Depicts: MatthewMatthew is often depicted in Christian art with one of the four living creatures of Revelation 4:7. The one that accompanies him is in the form of a winged man.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year