A carved, painted and gilt alabaster panel, England, 1440 to 1460, part of a twelve panel apostle set said to have come from Zamora, Spain, showing a haloed figure holding a small boat and a scroll reading "Remissione peccator," titled by the museum St Simon. Held today by the Victoria and Albert Museum under museum number A.157-1922, given by Art Fund.
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Subject Matter
Depicted SubjectHis scroll reads "Remissione peccator[um]," the forgiveness of sins, the ninth article in the medieval scheme that paired each of the twelve apostles with one clause of the Apostles' Creed, a legend traced to medieval sermon literature rather than to scripture itself and used across English devotional art of the period as a teaching device. 1 Physical Form
MediumAlabaster panel, England, 1440 to 1460, part of a Zamora apostle set, Victoria and Albert Museum A.157-1922 1 Medium (class) Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Source St Simon, museum number A.157-1922 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Depicts
The museum's own title reads St Simon directly. The boat this panel carries sits within the documented Simon the Zealot attribute list (boat, saw, fish, lance, oar) the corroborating Wikipedia record names, though it is not his single most distinctive emblem, the saw of his martyrdom.
Source St Simon, museum number A.157-1922 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Additional Source Simon the Zealot (Wikipedia)
Originated In
Source Victoria and Albert Museum Collections API: V&A object record O71593
Sources
1. St Simon, museum number A.157-1922 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Victoria and Albert Museumcatalogue record, medium/object-type descriptionQuote, catalogue record, medium/object-type description
A carved, painted and gilt alabaster panel, England, 1440 to 1460, part of a twelve panel apostle set said to have come from Zamora, Spain, showing a haloed figure holding a small boat and a scroll reading "Remissione peccator," titled by the museum St Simon.
Victoria and Albert Museum Collections API: V&A object record O71593
Victoria and Albert Museum Collections APIOriginated In: England, placesOfOriginQuote, Originated In: England, placesOfOrigin
"text": "England"
Simon the Zealot (Wikipedia)
WikipediaDepicts: Simon the ZealotQuote, Depicts: Simon the Zealot
boat; cross and saw; fish (or two fish); lance; man being sawn in two longitudinally; oar.
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