St. James Minor(?) in an arcuated niche, holding a walking stick in his hands, which are covered by his cloak, from "Christ and the Twelve Apostles"
1545
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 7 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. (19.4 x 8.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.709
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intricate world of 16th-century Flemish engraving with *St. James Minor(?) an arcuated niche, a walking stick in his hands, which are by his cloak*, created by Lambert Suavius in 1545. This is part of the series *Christ and the Twelve*, a devotional set that brought sacred figures into homes and churches across Europe during the Renaissance. Suavius, a skilled engraver from the Low Countries, captured the quiet piety of St. James the Less—one of Christ's apostles and a saint revered for his humility—in a classic arched niche, evoking the grandeur of Renaissance architecture. The...
About the Artist
Lambert Suavius · 1510–1576
Lambert Suavius (c.1510–c.1574/76), whose Flemish family name was Zutman, was born in Liège, in the southern Netherlands. He was the son of an episcopal goldsmith, Henri Zutman, and from his father's craft environment he inherited a training in the precise handling of metal and an appreciation for fine detail work. He became closely associated with his brother-in-law Lambert Lombard, the leading a...