Saint Jacob the Greater

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Karel I van Mander (after)
,
Jacques II de Gheyn (engravers (printmakers))

Date

circa 1591 - 1592

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
The apostle James the Lesser stands in a mountainous setting. In his left hand he holds an object resembling a millinery bow. This print is part of a series of 14 prints, each consisting of a full-length effigy of an apostle, Christ or Paul with typical attributes and a caption in Latin.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Karel I van Mander , Jacques II de Gheyn
Type burin engraving
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material
burijngravure op papier met watermerk (onderaan)
paper
Dimensions 283 x 187 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2014-QX
Description
Subjects religious symbolism , figures (representations)
Tags the apostle James the Great; possible attributes: book, pilgrim's cloak, hat, shell, staff, and wallet, scroll, sword - male saint as patron, protector, intercessor Iconclass , , saints Iconclass , tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: saw Iconclass , art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-QX
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8494/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai/?metadataPrefix=oai_lido&verb=GetRecord&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2014-QX

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