Finished three years after its artist had written the first part of his Four Books on Human Proportions, it also shows a man holding a golden key and a man with curly hair looking down at an open book on this work's left panel.
In a letter to this painting's dedicatees, its artist proclaimed that he had "bestowed more trouble" on this work "than on any other painting." A bearded man who looks sideways at the viewer holds a walking stick in his right hand, while the man standing next to him holds a scroll. Bible verses that can be seen on the bottom of this painting were written by calligrapher Johann Neudörfer, who stated that the figures in this painting represent Galen's four temperaments. Finished three years after its artist had written the first part of his Four Books on Human Proportions, it also shows a man holding a golden key and a man with curly hair looking down at an open book on this work's left panel. Dedicated to the town council of Nuremburg and painted by the creator of Melancholia I, this is, for 10 points, what last great painting by Albrecht Dürer, which depicts Saints John, Peter, Mark, and Paul?
In a letter to this painting's dedicatees, its artist proclaimed that he had "bestowed more trouble" on this work "than on any other painting.
The Four {Apostles} or The Four {Holy Men} or {Die Vier Heiligen Männer}