Lucas Cranach's Saint Maurice:

This Bulletin discusses Lucas Cranach's Saint Maurice and the importance of this saint during the stormy period of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. Anticipating the five-hundredth anniversary of the Reformation, this Bulletin draws on the work of donor Mrs. Eva S. Kollsman and connects th...

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Main Authors: Ainsworth, Maryan W. (Author), Hindriks, Sandra (Author), Terjanian, Pierre (Author)
Other Authors: Cranach, Lucas der Ältere 1472-1553 (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art [2015]
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Summary:This Bulletin discusses Lucas Cranach's Saint Maurice and the importance of this saint during the stormy period of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. Anticipating the five-hundredth anniversary of the Reformation, this Bulletin draws on the work of donor Mrs. Eva S. Kollsman and connects this image of Saint Maurice to sculptural relics belonging to Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, the most powerful Roman Catholic prelate at the time. Exhibition: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, USA (April 20 - July 27, 2015)
Item Description:Published in conjunction with the Exhibition "Cranach's Saint Maurice", on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from April 20 through July 27, 2015
Reprint of The Metropolitan Museum of Art bulletin (Spring 2015)
Physical Description:46 Seiten 28 cm
ISBN:9781588395825
1588395820