Detail View: The AMICA Library: Saint James the Greater
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.69.88
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Name:
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Siloe, Gil de
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Iberian; Spanish
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Spanish, active 1467-1505
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Gil de Siloe
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Title:
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Saint James the Greater
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 1489-1493
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Creation Start Date:
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1489
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Creation End Date:
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1493
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Materials and Techniques:
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Alabaster, gold, polychromy
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Dimensions:
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H. 18 1/16 in. (45.9 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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69.88
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Credit Line:
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The Cloisters Collection, 1969
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Rights:
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Context:
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This figure is one of many that Gil de Siloe and his assistants produced to surmount the tomb of Juan II of Castile and Isabel of Portugal. The monumentality and the quality of carving suggest that this figure was executed by the master himself. Saint James the Greater, patron saint of Spain, wears a hat with an upturned brim decorated with a scallop shell and crossed pilgrim staffs like those customarily worn by pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.cl69.88.R.tif
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