Antonio Veneziano
St. James the Greater

Circa 1368-88
Tempera and gold on wood
Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome

This image of St. James de-emphasizes his relationship to the Compostela pilgrimage, keeping the book that is common in his portraits but omitting the shell emblem, gourd, and pilgrim's hat.

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Photographed at the Pinacoteca Vaticana by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.