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Two Standing Apostles (probably Saint John the Evangelist and St. Paul)

c. 1430

Master of the Saint-Omer Apostles

(Southern Netherlandish, active Bruges?)
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Culture
Southern Netherlands or Northern France
Medium
Alabaster
Measurements
Overall: 23.7 x 9.3 x 5.8 cm (9 5/16 x 3 11/16 x 2 5/16 in.); Overall: 23.7 x 10.2 x 5.9 cm (9 5/16 x 4 x 2 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2022.41
Public Domain
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Location
109 Gothic Painting and Sculpture
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Alabaster is very soft; after 20 minutes of treatment with water the surface will dissolve.

Description

The two sculptures come from an altarpiece in the cathedral of Saint Omer in northern France. Four other figures have been preserved there, and possibly one at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The workshop was probably located in Bruges, in what is now Belgium. Sculpture was the leading art genre at that time. The specialized workshops obtained the stone alabaster from distant quarries, in this case from the area of Würzburg in Bavaria (Germany), to form it intricately and deliver it to customers in almost all of Europe.
Two alabaster cream-white figurines positioned turned in slightly towards each other and draped in robes with flowing folds. The figurine to our left has its left hand broken off and hair that curls around the ears and a beard. The right figurine has short hair wound in tight curls around the scalp.

Two Standing Apostles (probably Saint John the Evangelist and St. Paul)

c. 1430

Master of the Saint-Omer Apostles

(Southern Netherlandish, active Bruges?)
Southern Netherlands or Northern France

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