The Battle of St. James the Greater at Clavijo
1470–75
- Medium
- engraving
- Dimensions
- 28.9 × 43.3 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-206350
According to legend, in 846 A.D. during a battle in Clavijo, one of the Christ's apostles and the patron saint of Spain, Saint James the Greater, miraculously appeared on the battlefield and helped the Christian armies of the Spanish king Ramirez defeat Muslim forces. Martin Schongauer portrays the climax of the battle, as Saint James appears on his steed at the center of the scene amidst gruesome beheaded corpses and dismembered limbs. The saint is brandishing a sword and wearing a scallop shell on his hat--an emblem adopted and worn by pilgrims during their travels to James's burial place, …
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, 1924.213
Registry history
- 1470–75 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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