Statues - Hither & Thither

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Kevelaer
Lkr. Kleve
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Gelderner Straße / Bahnstraße
(St. Antonius Kirche)

Sankt Jakobus der Ältere

Saint James the Greater

or James, son of Zebedee (d. 44)
one of the Twelve Apostles. Patron saint of pilgrims, soldiers and cavalrymen. Depicted holding a pilgrim's staff decorated with a scallop shell. His remains are in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (Spain)
(Wikipedia)

Bert Gerresheim
2007?

Description

Statue of St. James the Greater as a pilger with several shells, sitting on a stool with reliefs at the sides. It stands on a stone pedestal with s. jacob e / apost...e, which is much older than the statue.

Kevelaer - Sankt Jakobus der Ältere

The same statue is in Miltenberg, but there named 'Pilger im Aufbruch'.

Signature

santyago afc and Gerresheim's mark

Sculptor

Bert Gerresheim (1935), German sculptor in Düsseldorf (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, St. Antonius (Kevelaer).
St. Antonius in Kevelaer, Jakobsfigur.

Locatie (N 51°34'54" - E 6°14'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw734; Photograph: 15 June 2019
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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