Two feet threaten to bleed over from the grayish floor into the inscriptions on the bottom of this work.
Two feet threaten to bleed over from the grayish floor into the inscriptions on the bottom of this work. Originally intended as part of a "sacred conversation" picture, the scene was painted to flank a Madonna that was never completed because Nuremberg reformed [*] while it was in progress. The two men on the left, one of whom wears a sumptuous gold and red robe, have their eyes closed, while the two on the right seem to be staring out at the viewer. Some critics have noted that the subjects represent the temperaments, choleric, melancholic, sanguine, and phlegmatic, but the work's popular title seems to imply that the two panels depicts John, Peter, Mark, and Paul. FTP identify this painting of a certain number of religious followers by Albrecht Durer.
Two feet threaten to bleed over from the grayish floor into the inscriptions on the bottom of this work.
{Four Apostles}