Cover photo for Lucas Cranach's Saint Maurice

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 72 | NUMBER 4

"Lucas Cranach's Saint Maurice"

Ainsworth, Maryan, Sandra Hindriks, and Pierre Terjanian

2015

48 pages

47 illustrations

This title is in print.

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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.

Met Art in Publication

Saint Maurice, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop German, Oil on linden — Saint Maurice
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
ca. 1520–25

Friedrich III (1463–1525), the Wise, Elector of Saxony, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop German, Oil on beech, with letterpress-printed paper labels — Friedrich III (1463–1525), the Wise, Elector of Saxony
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
1533

Johann I (1468–1532), the Constant, Elector of Saxony, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop German, Oil on beech, with letterpress-printed paper labels — Johann I (1468–1532), the Constant, Elector of Saxony
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
1532–33

The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara, Lucas Cranach the Elder German, Oil on linden — The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara
Lucas Cranach the Elder
ca. 1510

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Lucas Cranach the Elder German, Oil on linden — Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Lucas Cranach the Elder
ca. 1530

A Relief with Adam and Eve, from the Large Series of Wittenberg Reliquaries, Lucas Cranach the Elder German, Woodcut — A Relief with Adam and Eve, from the Large Series of Wittenberg Reliquaries
Lucas Cranach the Elder
1509

A Golden Reliquary with the Tree of Jesse, from the Large Series of Wittenberg Reliquaries, Lucas Cranach the Elder German, Woodcut — A Golden Reliquary with the Tree of Jesse, from the Large Series of Wittenberg Reliquaries
Lucas Cranach the Elder
1509

A Silver Statuette of an Angel Playing the Harp, from the Large Series of Wittenberg Reliquaries, Lucas Cranach the Elder German, Woodcut — A Silver Statuette of an Angel Playing the Harp, from the Large Series of Wittenberg Reliquaries
Lucas Cranach the Elder
1509

A Silver-Gilt Pacifical with a Crucifixion, from the Large Series of Wittenberg Reliquaries, Lucas Cranach the Elder German, Woodcut — A Silver-Gilt Pacifical with a Crucifixion, from the Large Series of Wittenberg Reliquaries
Lucas Cranach the Elder
1509

Reliquary with a Pieta, from the Large Series of Wittenberg Reliquaries, Lucas Cranach the Elder German, Woodcut — Reliquary with a Pieta, from the Large Series of Wittenberg Reliquaries
Lucas Cranach the Elder
1509

Frederick the Wise and John the Constant of Saxony, Lucas Cranach the Elder German, Engraving — Frederick the Wise and John the Constant of Saxony
Lucas Cranach the Elder
1509

Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Albrecht Dürer German, Engraving — Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg
Albrecht Dürer
1519

Field Armor, Steel, leather, German, Nuremberg — Field Armor
ca. 1525; left arm defense, 19th century; rondels, 1923

Pair of Tassets of Emperor Charles V of Austria (1500–1558), Kolman Helmschmid German, Steel, gold, German, Augsburg — Pair of Tassets of Emperor Charles V of Austria (1500–1558)
Kolman Helmschmid
ca. 1530–40

Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk

Lucas Cranach the Elder

1520

The Selling of Indulgences, Hans Holbein the Younger German, Woodcut — The Selling of Indulgences
Hans Holbein the Younger
16th century

Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, Albrecht Dürer German, Engraving — Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony
Albrecht Dürer
1524

Martin Luther (1483–1546), Lucas Cranach the Elder German, Oil on wood — Martin Luther (1483–1546)
Lucas Cranach the Elder
probably 1532

Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Albrecht Dürer German, Engraving — Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg
Albrecht Dürer
n.d.

Triptych with the Passion of Christ, Mother-of-pearl, gilt wood frame, silk backing, and tooled leather covering, South German — Triptych with the Passion of Christ
ca. 1475–85