Panel from the florian sequence. Scene from the martyrdom of the roman military official florian. The saint had come from st. Pölten to lauriacum, today's lorch district of the city of enns, to help his fellow believers who were being persecuted and tortured under the dual rule of emperor diocletian and maximian. He died on may 4, 304 and was buried at the site where the st. Florian monastery was later to be founded. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: between circa 1516 and circa 1518. Dimensions: height: 76.4 cm (30 in); width: 67.2 cm (26.4 in). Medium: oil on panel. Depicted People: Saint Florian. Collection: Uffizi Gallery. Albrecht Altdorfer - congedo di San Floriano
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