Saint James the Greater

1480/1490

German 15th Century

Associated Names
German 15th Century

Artist

The image shows a person standing upright. The individual faces slightly to the left, with both hands near their waist. One hand holds a sword. The person has a beard and long hair, and wears a brown hat with a green band. They wear a long red robe with a blue cloak detailed with gold at the shoulders. A gold belt is worn, and a blue cape drapes over their left shoulder and arm. The background includes green grass and a sky with subtle horizontal blue streaks. The image is framed by an orange border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in brown, hand-colored in red lake, blue, green, yellow, gold, and orange

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.826

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1503, State m

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anton W.M. Mensing; Sotheby's, December 16, 1936, lot 228.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 194, repro.

Bibliography

1926

  • Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930.

1965

  • Field, Richard S. Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1965.

Wikidata ID

Q64953449

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