The painting “Four Apostles” depicts the apostles-evangelists. From left to right are John, Peter, Mark and Paul, stand very closely, on the same floor, representing a single whole. A single both in composition and in aspirations. However, if we compare the apostles to each other, they are completely different. John is tall, with a high forehead – he already begins to grow bald.
In his hands he holds a book, looks for something in her with a strained face and a little distracted. It seems ugly – it happens with scientists who are too keen on something. It represents a sanguine character. Next to him Peter stands with his eyes on the floor.
According to tradition, Peter betrayed Christ, although he repented of this – on the night of the confinement of Peter, Peter was asked three times if he knew this man, and three times Peter, who had sworn to him in allegiance and former fanatical in his faith, answered “No”. In his pose you can see a heavy thoughtfulness, a quiet gloominess, as if oppressed by his own guilt, he could not completely say goodbye to her. He is a phlegmatic. Next to him Mark. Gladly lively, he looks at the huge book that Paul keeps – most likely the Gospel – and looks forward to the work ahead.
To praise the Lord, to bear his word across the whole earth – to Mark this seems worthy of the application of all forces. Temperamental, he seems to be looking forward to the moment when it will be possible to begin. He is a choleric. Paul, standing next to him, is calmer. He holds the Gospel in his arms, in the second hand he has a stick on which he leans. He is dressed in white and looks severely and seriously, as if asking the viewer – what is the result of their great campaign? Heard their people? Have you believed in God? He is a melancholic.
For all the dissimilarity of the apostles, with completely different faces, they all look equally believing and illuminates them from within the same light. The light that came upon them after the ascension of Christ, and made them more than brothers.
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