In the lowest zone, the detail from the apostles' windows shows the dying of the martyrs in an incredible way. Mauritius, his neck cut by a sword, red blood pours over his chest; sebastian, pierced by arrows, which also results in streaming blood over his heaving chest. Each of the two dying men is accompanied by a female lament figure. The subliminal eroticism of these images is unmistakable, which led to controversy in public after the windows were installed. Object Type: painting. Genre: Art Nouveau. Date: between 1898 and 1899. Place of creation: en:Fribourg, Switzerland. Dimensions: 4 strips à 670 × 70 cm (21.9 × 2.2 ft). Medium: stained glass. Collection: nave-aisle. Cathedral Fribourg vitrail Maertyrer 02
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