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Saint James the Less

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 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
  • Object Number: 1994.217
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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