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Saint James the Greater

ca. 1450–60
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saint James the Greater
  • Date: ca. 1450–60
  • Geography: Made in Meuse Valley, France or Netherlands
  • Culture: North French or South Netherlandish
  • Medium: Alabaster, with traces of polychromy
  • Dimensions: Overall (with fixed base): 16 3/16 x 5 13/16 x 3 15/16 in. (41.1 x 14.7 x 10 cm)
  • Classifications: Sculpture-Stone, Sculpture-Alabaster
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Ernst Payer, 1991
  • Object Number: 1991.416.3
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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