Leipzig 2015

A Tatra-Großzug.

The Magic of Love

by Jean Pierre Granger

Ludwig von Hofmann Adam und Eva in a Paradisiacal Landscape

Jakob Philipp Hackert River with Mercury and Paris

From Wikipedia: "A well-known legend has persisted from earliest times. As deacon in Rome, St Lawrence was charged with the responsibility for the material goods of the Church and the distribution of alms to the poor. St Ambrose of Milan relates that when St Lawrence was asked for the treasures of the Church he brought forward the poor, among whom he had divided the treasure as alms. "Behold in these poor persons the treasures which I promised to show you; to which I will add pearls and precious stones, those widows and consecrated virgins, which are the church’s crown." The prefect was so angry that he had a great gridiron prepared, with coals beneath it, and had Lawrence’s body placed on it (hence St Lawrence's association with the gridiron). After the martyr had suffered the pain for a long time, the legend concludes, he made his famous cheerful remark, "I'm well done. Turn me over!" From this derives his patronage of cooks and chefs." Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Rome Mariotto di Nardo Martyrdom of Saint Laurence

Lucas Cranach the Elder The Dying Man