St. James the Greater, 16th century German Renaissance

German Renaissance of the sixteenth century
In the ways of Hans Baldung (Schwäbisch Gmünd, circa 1485 – Strasbourg 1545)

San Giacomo Maggiore

Oil on panel, 65 x 25 cm. – With frame 85 x 46 cm.

Provenance: Dorotheum Vienna, 10.09.86, lot 371 (see old label on the back of the painting)

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The panel in question depicts a full-length portrait of the apostle James the Greater: the identification of the saint is unequivocal due to the presence of his main attributes, namely the staff, the hat decorated with the characteristic shells and the cloak, distinctive elements of the pilgrim.

Saint James is therefore portrayed according to the idea of ​​the pilgrim, and the staff in particular is the attribute that classical iconography assigns to James as an aid on the long journey undertaken by pilgrims in Galicia, in north-western Spain, to go to his tomb.

We are examining an oil painting on wood, the work of a German Renaissance artist active in the 1471th century, which fully reflects the stylistic canons of the works of some painters gravitating around the prolific school of Albrecht Dürer (Nuremberg 1528 – XNUMX).

By carefully analyzing the details of the composition and the style in which they were defined, we are inclined to associate the realization with one of his students. Among them the German Hans Baldung (1485 – 1545) who in 1503 moved to Nuremberg where he completed his training with Dürer; without a shadow of a doubt he is the most appropriate author to be associated with our work, in turn one of the great founders of the Danubian School, also undergoing the influence of Lucas Cranach, which we see reflected in our panel.

In his poetics, attention to colour is of primary importance, with a very rich palette, and a predilection for primary colours such as red and green, here embellished by the pale purple of the tunic.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The painting is sold complete with a pleasant golden frame and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and descriptive iconographic card.

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