Saint James the Lesser
This figure has been linked to sculpture of the Upper Rhine Valley, but there are closer stylistic affinities to Catalan sculpture, as seen by comparison with the adjacent figures.
Artwork Details
- Title: Saint James the Lesser
- Date: 13th century
- Geography: Made in Rhine Valley
- Culture: German
- Medium: Wood, painted, in some places over gesso and canvas
- Dimensions: H. 77 in. (195.6 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture-Wood
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1928
- Object Number: 28.32
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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ca. 1300
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ca. 1175–1200
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