Saint Maurice. 1520. Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop (German, Kronach 1472–1553 Weimar). Originally the wing of an altarpiece, this panel represents Maurice, the Roman legion commander martyred for refusing to slaughter Christians. It was likely commissioned by Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg (1490–1545), the most powerful prelate in the Holy Roman Empire, who established the collegiate church at Halle as a showplace for his art patronage and his collection of over 8,200 relics. Cranach’s painting reproduces one of the church’s treasures, a life-size reliquary statue of Saint Maurice in a gold-trimmed suit of silver armor. The collar of the Golden Fleece and the imperial eagle on the banner are references to the reigning emperor, Charles V. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
bc one of our players had to miss tonight we’re playing a session as an ep of fantasy cutthroat kitchen (cutthroat dungeon)
hickory crit failed on her dish and served the judge an “eggs benedict” that was an unopened bag of english muffins smeared with butter on a plate with a raw egg and some slices of ham with a cup of milk dumped over the whole thing
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