Apostle

Description This apostle was originally attached to a large reliquary or altarpiece. The artist has delighted in the color contrasts, placing a light blue mantle over the yellow and green robe, accented by a red Gospel book. The figure's column-like proportions and simple, straight drapery are characteristic of the Romanesque style at Grandmont Abbey.

Exhibitions

• The Arts of Man. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas. 1962.
• The Year 1200. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 1970.

Provenance Desmottes, Paris; Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, March 19-23, 1900, no. 8; Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris, ca. 1922, by purchase; Lehmann, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 5, 1925, no. 311; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters