Apostle / Artist Unknown, Belgium
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1957/2.3
- Title
- Apostle
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Belgium
- 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.
- Secondary Keywords
- associated concepts
- card, table and board game elements
- disciples
- functions
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- functions by specific context
- game pieces
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- information forms
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- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- recreational artifacts
- recreational artifacts for competitive activities
- religions
- religions and religious concepts
- religious functions
- sculpture
- sculpture by subject type
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 969 x 1461
- File Size
- 128 KB
- Record
- 1957/2.3
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1957-sl-2.3/1957_2.3.jpg
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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 June 04, 2024.