"We Always Need A Little Marc At Home"
Mark is venerated as a saint and is celebrated according to the Roman Martyrology on April 25 and by the Orthodox Church of Greece on September 27. Mark is the patron saint of the city of Venice, secretaries, notaries, writers, clerks, glaziers, and opticians....
All these people must have a little Saint Mark with them....
Jokes aside, this rather high-era bronze statuette shows the marks left by time. Nevertheless; it is difficult to date a bronze statuette with precision....