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Northeast French or South Netherlandish
These figures, along with five others in the Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum, originally formed part of an altarpiece that included Christ and the twelve apostles.
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Title: Saint James the Less
Date: 1450–60
Geography: Made in Meuse Valley, France or Netherlands
Culture: Northeast French or South Netherlandish
Medium: Alabaster, with traces of polychromy
Dimensions:
Overall (with base): 15 7/8 x 6 5/16 x 3 9/16 in. (40.4 x 16 x 9.1 cm)
Figure only: 13 5/16 x 6 5/16 x 3 1/2 in. (33.8 x 16 x 8.9 cm)
Base: 2 11/16 x 5 1/2 x 3 9/16 in. (6.8 x 14 x 9.1 cm)
Classifications: Sculpture-Stone, Sculpture-Alabaster
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Elke von Lera-Schloss, 1994
Accession Number: 1994.217
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