The Meeting of SS. Erasmus and Maurice

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Matthias Grünewald's painting, The Meeting of SS. Erasmus and Maurice, created around 1514, depicts a religious discussion important to the period. Saint Erasmus was an early Christian bishop and martyr, venerated as a patron saint of sailors. Saint Maurice was a Christian soldier martyred with his comrades, and he is the patron saint of the Vatican's Swiss Guard. In the painting, Saint Erasmus is actually a portrait of Albrecht von Brandenburg, the elector of Mainz, who commissioned the work. Grünewald's style in this piece features more massive forms and restrained, yet vivid, colors.123

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…his most luxurious works, portraying The Meeting of SS. Erasmus and Maurice (Erasmus is actually a portrait of Albrecht). This work exhibits the theme of religious discussion or debate, so important to this period of German art and history. In this painting, as well as in the late, two-sided panel…
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…his most luxurious works, portraying The Meeting of SS. Erasmus and Maurice (Erasmus is actually a portrait of Albrecht). This work exhibits the theme of religious discussion or debate, so important to this period of German art and history. In this painting, as well as in the late, two-sided panel…
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