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Saint Maurice was originally commissioned by Albert of Brandenburg as part of fifteen other altarpieces for a church of his, the Marktkirche. [4] It isn't known if the art piece was completed by the time of the church's dedication in 1523, but the piece was finished and catalogued as installed as of October 1525 according to the church records of its inventory.
Saint Maurice (Latin: Mauritius) is an oil tempera on beech board painting by Bohemian painter Master Theodoric, created around 1360-1365.It is probably the first depiction of a black man in Czech painting.
During the 11th century, before art of Maurice began depicting him as visibly dark-skinned, he was seen as "the symbol of the Germanic offensive against the Slavs". [22] Devisse argues that Frederick II likely initiated the "black St. Maurice" trope, around 1240-1250.
Saint Erasmus and Saint Maurice is an oil on wood painting by German artist Matthias Grünewald. It was commissioned by Albert of Brandenburg , executed between 1520 and 1524, and originally intended for the new cathedral in Halle .
Between Maurice and the banner-bearer are two figures modelled on Spanish soldiers of the time - the elder one is Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, commander of the Spanish troops at the Battle of St. Quentin in 1557 and Grand Master of the Military Order of Saint Maurice.
It is followed by an account of Saint Maurice's martyrdom and the massacre of the Theban Legion (ff. 9–33v) then ended by a poem in hexameters dedicated to the saint (ff. 35–37 v). The central account was written first and is illustrated by 11 illuminated initials and 7 miniature paintings showing events in the saint's life and death.