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Hannover, Niedersachsen, Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Cranach, Martyrdom of the 7 sons of St. Felicitas

These 2 panels were the outsides of the shutters of an altar painted ~1530-5 for the Stiftskirche St. Alexandri in Einbeck. The rest of this altar is now in the Kreuzkirche in Hannover.

The legend of St. Felicitas can be read at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicitas_of_Rome

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Uploaded on July 9, 2015
Taken on June 24, 2014