Saint James the Greater

Ca. 1500. Mixed method on panel.
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This panel is by an anonymous Hispano-Flemish painter active in Burgos and Palencia who was influenced by Diego de la Cruz and the Master of Los Balbases. His name derives from his best known work, the Altarpiece of the Visitation in Palencia Cathedral. The apostle can be identified by the inscription on his halo and his attributes: the pilgrim’s staff, water gourd, hat and cockle shells. In his left hand the saint holds a jet rosary.

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Inventory number: P001331
Author: Master of the Visitation of Palencia
Title: Saint James the Greater
Date: Ca. 1500
Technique: Mixed method
Support: Panel
Dimension: Height: 76 cm; Width: 60 cm
Provenance: Legacy Luis M. de Castro y Solís, 1926
Entry date: 1926

Bibliography +

Sánchez Cantón, Francisco Javier, Museo del Prado. Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1972.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1985, pp. 808.

Silva Maroto, Maria Pilar, Pintura Hispanoflamenca Castellana:Burgos y Palencia.Obras e..., Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 1988, pp. 1259.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado. Inventario general de pinturas (III). Nuevas Adquisiciones. Museo Iconográfico. Tapices., Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1996.

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Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 1497.
1497 / Autor: Escuela española del siglo xv. / 1497. Asunto: Santiago, Apostol. / Alto, 0,76 ; ancho 0,60 = tabla. [Nota en margen izquierdo] Legado de d. Luis / de Castro y Solis, acep- / tado por acuerdos / del patronato de 7 / de enero y 21 del pro- / pio mes, del año 1926

Update date: 02-06-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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