Saint James the Elder Apostle
- Author, school, workshop
- Georg Zeller
- Style
- Early Baroque
- Date
- 1662–1665
- Material and technique
- Oak wood; carving techniques
- Size
- Height 120 cm
- Location
- The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wroclaw, Poland
- Description
- The saint stands in slight contrapposto (on his left leg), facing the viewer, his head turning 3/4 to the left. In his right hand, bent at the elbow and raised, he holds a pilgrim's staff resting between his feet, his left hand hovers by his side.
On his head he wears a hat with a wide brim raised at the front, where it is decorated with a seashell on a miniature pilgrim's staff. His old face is characterised by: a large, narrow nose; wide-set eyes under drawn-down eyebrows; a wrinkled forehead; a slightly wavy long chin, moustache and neck hair.
He is dressed in a knee-length robe with fine vertical folds from the waist down; with long sleeves with rolled up cuffs. His torso is covered by a drapery pinned over his shoulders and falling to the ground at the back. On her feet are knee-length boots with wide, ruffled uppers.
The statue of the saint was originally placed on the spot now occupied by St Philip.
