Saint James the Elder Apostle
- Style
- Late Baroque
- Date
- 1721
- Material and technique
- Oil painting on canvas
- Size
- Height 2.37 x width 1.48 m
- Location
- The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wroclaw, Poland
- Description
- In the centre of the composition walks the Apostle depicted in full figure, en trois quartes, supporting himself, held high in his right hand, with a pilgrim's staff. His left hand is stretched out to the side. The dominant colours are his voluminous robes: the underskirt (blue), reaching the ankles of his bare feet, has a round neckline and a wide collar with a shell on the left shoulder; the upper drapery (ochre), suspended on a sash thrown over the right shoulder, envelops his legs and is slung over his right arm. The saint is a young, bearded robed man; his hair, parted in the middle, falls to his shoulders. The path on which he walks (light browns) is overgrown on the sides by a variety of plants (dark greens). Above, the sky (blues and yellows) and clustered clouds (steel-grey), among which, on the left, an angel flies with a red drapery around her hips, and on the right, two winged heads between which light passes.
