Saint James the Greater, ca. 1450–75, Made in Poligny, Burgundy, France, French, Limestone with traces of paint, Overall: 59 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 16 in. (151.1 x 69.9 x 40.6 cm), Sculpture-Stone, Saint James the Greater is shown in his traditional medieval guise of a pilgrim, wearing a soft brim hat emblazoned with a cockleshell emblem and holding a book and a staff (now lost). His shrine at Santiago de Compostela in Spain was the third most popular pilgrimage site after Jerusalem and Rome
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Saint James, Greater, ca, 1450–75, Poligny, Burgundy, France, French, Limestone, traces, paint, Overall, 59 1/2 x 27 16, 151.1 69.9 40.6 cm, Sculpture-Stone, shown, traditional medieval, guise, pilgrim, wearing, soft brim, hat, emblazoned, cockleshell emblem, holding, book, staff, now lost, shrine, Santiago de, Compostela, Spain, third, popular pilgrimage, site, Jerusalem, Rome
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