Three Apostles: St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas, and St. James the Less with the Apostles' Creed / Jan Joest / Circle of
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- Accession Number
- 1973/2.77
- Title
- Three Apostles: St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas, and St. James the Less with the Apostles' Creed
- Artist
- Jan Joest
- Artist Nationality
- Netherlandish
- Artist Life Dates
- 1455-1460 - 1519
- Medium and Support
- oil on panel, mounted on panel
- Object Creation Date
- 1500-1519
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Northern Renaissance
- Dimensions
- 81.28 cm x 59.06 cm x 5.08 cm (32 in. x 23 1/4 in. x 2 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- altarpiece
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- Biblical
- Physical Description
- Three apostles, each holding an identifying attribute, stand in a row as full-length figures on this painted panel. On the left stands the youthful beardless St. John holding a chalice with a snake coiled in the cup. Next to him appears the bald and bearded St. Thomas, holding an architect's square. The bearded figure of St. James the Less appears on the left with an open book in his left hand and a long fuller's club in his right. Scrolls above each apostle's head contain a line from the Apostles' Creed in Latin.
- Subject Matter
- This panel, formerly part of an altarpiece, depicts three apostles, each holding an object linked to a significant event in their life that also serves to identify them. On the left St. John the Evangelist holds a chalice with a snake coiled in the cup, a reference to the apocryphal story in which John drank a cup of poison to prove the power of God. Next appears St. Thomas holding an architect's square as he was reputed to have been a church-builder in distant India. On the right stands St. James the Less holding a book and a large fuller's club with which he was beaten to death. Above the head of each apostle floats a scroll bearing a phrase from the Apostles' Creed in Latin.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1016 x 1523
- File Size
- 114 KB
- Record
- 1973/2.77
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"Three Apostles: St. John the Evangelist, St. Thomas, and St. James the Less with the Apostles' Creed; Jan Joest; Circle of." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1973-sl-2.77/1973_2.77.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 09, 2024.
