MAKE A MEME View Large Image Triptych - Left Wing of a Triptych - St James - Walters 44128.jpg St James the Greater is represented in profile as if walking to the right He wears a purple robe a blue mantle with jeweled edges and a fantastic wide-brimmed hat turned down ...
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Keywords: Master of the Orléans Triptych - Left Wing of a Triptych - St James - Walters 44128.jpg St James the Greater is represented in profile as if walking to the right He wears a purple robe a blue mantle with jeweled edges and a fantastic wide-brimmed hat turned down at the back and up in front where it is set with a cockle-shell The forefinger of his raised right hand is elongated a characteristic of this master His left hand grasps a long pilgrim's staff from which a triangular wallet is suspended The framework around the figure is made of two columns supporting an ogee arch with crockets on its extrados and spandrels decorated with small arches Behind the saint is a cloth of honor and a chapel-like enclosure with a groin-vault and a hanging keystone The floor is tiled For comparable figures by the same master see Walters 44 316 and 44 645 ca 1500 technique painted enamel copper cm 20 7 6 9 accession number 44 128 36140 Raoul Heilbronner Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore 1910 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1910 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Master of the Orléans Triptych Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Wallets in art Pilgrim's staff
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