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North 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 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
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