Saint James the Greater, 1489–93, Made in Burgos, Castile-León, Spain, Spanish, Alabaster with paint and gilding, 18 1/16 × 6 7/8 × 4 15/16 in. (45.9 × 17.4 × 12.5 cm), Sculpture-Stone, Gil de Siloe (Spanish, active 1475–1505), In 1486, Isabel of Castile, patroness of the explorer Christopher Columbus, commissioned an elaborate alabaster tomb for her parents, Juan II of Castile and Isabel of Portugal. This star-shaped tomb, still standing in the center of the church of the Carthusian monastery of Miraflores, outside Burgos, was made between 1489 and 1493 by Gil de Siloe, a sculptor thought to be of Netherlandish origin
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Saint James, Greater, 1489–93, Burgos, Castile-León, Spain, Spanish, Alabaster, paint, gilding, 18 1/16, 6 7/8, 4 15/16, 45.9, 17.4, 12.5 cm, Sculpture-Stone, Gil de Siloe, active, 1475–1505, 1486, Isabel, Castile, patroness, explorer Christopher, Columbus, commissioned, elaborate alabaster, tomb, parents, Juan II, Portugal, star-shaped tomb, standing, center, church, Carthusian monastery, Miraflores, outside Burgos, 1489, 1493, de, Siloe, sculptor thought, Netherlandish origin
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