Saint Elzear in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2011

Title: Saint Elzéar

Date: ca. 1370–73

Geography: Made in Franciscan church of Apt, Provence, France

Culture: French

Medium: Alabaster

Dimensions: Overall: 14 1/8 x 9 3/16 x 4 3/4 in. (35.9 x 23.3 x 12.1 cm)

Classifications: Sculpture-Stone, Sculpture-Alabaster

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1927

Accession Number: 27.78

Knight, count, and member of the Franciscan order, Saint Elzéar (1285–1323) lived a life of chastity, prayer, and charity. This work was among the eight sculptural reliefs illustrating his saintly life that decorated his large reliquary tomb, erected in 1373 at the Franciscan church at Apt. The tomb was destroyed in the wake of the French Revolution.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/466697