Albrecht Dürer
St. Eustace

1502-04
Oil on lime panel, 157 x 616 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

St. Eustace wears the garb of a cavalry officer, which was his profession before he converted to Christianity. His standard bears the traditional symbol that identifies him, the head of a deer with a crucifix between its antlers.

The painting is the right panel of the Paumgartner Altarpiece.

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