Carved Oak Figure of Saint James the Greater c.1470-1520A late Gothic carved oak figure depicting a male saint, most probably Saint James the Greater, shown in his traditional guise as a pilgrim. The saint wears a broad brimmed pilgrims hat and a voluminous cloak, with gentle traces of the original red polychromy visible in the folds of the drapery. Carved in oak around 14701520, Northern European, probably in Flanders or western Germany, the figure was created for placement within a church niche or