Apostle / Artist Unknown, Belgium

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Accession Number
1957/2.3
Title
Apostle
Artist Nationality
Belgian
Medium and Support
marble with gilding
Object Creation Date
circa 1350-1360
Object Creation Place
Europe (continent)
Belgium (nation)
Wallonia (region)
Liège (province)
Liège (inhabited place)
Creation Place 1
Europe (continent)
Creation Place 2
Belgium (nation)
Creation Place 3
Wallonia (region)
Creation Place 4
Liège (province)
Creation Place 5
Liège (inhabited place)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Style/Group/Movement
Gothic
Dimensions
58 cm x 20.5 cm x 17.5 cm (22 13/16 in. x 8 1/16 in. x 6 7/8 in.)
Century
14th century
Primary Object Classification
Sculpture
Primary Object Type
statue
Secondary Object Classification
Ritual Objects
Secondary Object Type
figure
Physical Description
This marble statue depicts a standing male figure, who holds a closed book in his left hand and makes what appears to be a gesture indicating speech with his right. The curls of his flowing beard and long hair are echoed in the gentle curving folds and undulating edges of his long robe and mantle. He turns his head downward and to his left
Subject Matter
This standing apostle, produced in the Belgian city of Liege, formerly stood in the interior of a church, where he would have appeared in a niche above eye level as part of a larger sculptural ensemble that probably included the other apostles and religious figures.
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969 x 1461
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Record
1957/2.3
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"Apostle; Artist Unknown, Belgium." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1957-sl-2.3/1957_2.3.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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