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Artist:
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Hendrik Goltzius
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Title:
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Saint James Major, Plate 3 from the series "Christ, the Twelve Apostles, and Saint Paul"
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Date:
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1589
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Medium:
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Engraving
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Dimensions:
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5 15/16 x 4 1/16 in. (15.08 x 10.32 cm) (sheet)
12 1/2 x 9 1/16 in. (31.75 x 23.02 cm) (mount)
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Credit Line:
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The Winton Jones Endowment Fund for Prints and Drawings
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Location:
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Gallery 316
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The Pecten Jacobaeus (scallop) was worn as a badge by the pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela since the Middle Ages. The shell also served as a multi-purpose vessel for the wayfarers, its concave shape forming a receptacle for water and for food. With its simple, perfect, symmetrical shape and radiating ribs, the Pecten Jacobaeus has been adopted through the ages as an icon par excellence, with associations ranging from Saint James the Apostle to the Shell Oil Company.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Goltzius, Hendrik
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Nationality:
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Dutch
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Life Dates:
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Dutch, 1558 - 1617
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature, Inscription, and Mark
LLC of the sheet, printed: [3.]; center, below image: [III.]; ve LLC of the image, in the print: [HG] Watermark: Crest of Basel on Escutscheon (Briquet 1346)
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Classification:
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Prints
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Physical Description:
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man with long hair and curly beard, wearing a hat and cloak decorated with pairs of staffs and shells; man holds a staff in his PL hand; small book in a bag in front of man; landscape in background with tree over man's PL shoulder; text at bottom: "III. / QUI CONCEPTUS EST DE / SPIRITU SANCTO, NATUS EX / MARIA VIRGINE."
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Netherlands, , ,
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Accession #:
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2012.13.3
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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