PLATE VII.-SS. JOHN AND PETER
(From an Oil-painting in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Finished in 1526)
This, with the "SS. Paul and Mark," originally formed one picture, and was painted for the Council of his beloved city, Nuremberg, as a gift, two years before his death. Dürer had inscribed lengthy quotations from the Bible below the picture; these quotations, proving the militant fervour of his Protestant faith, were subsequently removed on that account. Dürer's works were always more than works of Art.
