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<p>The side and central panels describe a a great hall with blue grey walls and three-colored tiles. In the side panels are depicted the half sisters of Virgin Mary, called after their fathers Mary Cleophas (left) and Mary Salome (right) together with their husbands.<br><b>left panel</b>: St Mary Cleophas and Alphaeus (with the features of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Friedrich_III._(Sachsen)" title="Category:Friedrich III. (Sachsen)">Friedrich the Wise</a> with their two sons, the Apostles <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saint_James_the_Less" title="Category:Saint James the Less">Saint James the Less</a> ( at her breast) and Joseph Justus, called <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saint_Barnabas" title="Category:Saint Barnabas">Saint Barnabas</a>, as annunciator of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" class="extiw" title="en:Gospel of Matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a> depicted with a book.
<b>central panel</b>: depicts <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saint_Joseph" title="Category:Saint Joseph">Joseph</a>, who seems to seems to sleep, the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Mary" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin</a>, dressed in blue with yellow lining, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saint_Anne" title="Category:Saint Anne">Anna</a> and the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jesus_Christ_as_a_baby" title="Category:Jesus Christ as a baby">Christ Child</a> on her knee, who is stretching out his hand towards an apple given to him by Virgin Mary. Anna's three husbands following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Legend" class="extiw" title="en:Golden Legend">Golden Legend</a> are shown in the background in the matroneum: on the left <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saint_Joachim" title="Category:Saint Joachim">Joachim</a>, who is attracted by the holy women in front of him and whose relation is also shown by the corresponding blue and yellow color of his dress, Cleophas (with the physiognomy and chain of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maximilian_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Category:Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor">Emperor Maximilian I</a> and Salomas (eventually with the physiognomy of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sixt_Oelhafen_von_Sch%C3%B6llenbach" title="Category:Sixt Oelhafen von Schöllenbach">Sixtus Oelhafen von Schöllenbach</a>, secretary of Friedrich III., Maximilian I. and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Carolus_V,_Imperator_Romanus_Sacer" title="Carolus V, Imperator Romanus Sacer">Karl V.</a> Charles V.]]., who are talking to each other.<br>
There is an architectural structure by a great stone bench in the foreground of the central panel with two marble columns on the sides, over which is strectched a cloth of gold. On the right column is a tablet with date and signature. The parapet of the matroneum is decorated by a sculptured frieze with dancing putti holding six escutcheons with the six fields of Electorate of Saxony. In the hall are shown the 17 members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Kinship" class="extiw" title="en:Holy Kinship">Holy Kinship</a>. In the central panel are shown two more children of Mary Cleophas and Alpheus, the Apostles <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Simon_the_Apostle" title="Simon the Apostle">Simon</a>, patron saint of weavers, dyers, tanners and saddlers and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle" title="Jude the Apostle">Jude</a>, who miss ionized and suffered their martyrdom together and therefore are regularly depicted together.
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<b>right panel</b>: St Mary Salome and Zebedee (with the features of Fredericks III, Elector of Saxony brother, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:John,_Elector_of_Saxony" title="Category:John, Elector of Saxony">Herzog Johann der Beständige</a>. St Mary Salome, dressed in gold with dark red lining is combing her son <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Saint_James_the_Greater" title="Saint James the Greater">Saint James the Greater</a> and while <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Saint_John_the_Evangelist" title="Category:Saint John the Evangelist">Saint John the Evangelist</a> is hiding in her dress.<br><b>left outer wing</b>: Madonna with Child, <b>right outer wing</b>: Saint Anne</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder" class="extiw" title="w:en:Lucas Cranach the Elder"><span title="German painter and printmaker (1472–1553)">Lucas Cranach the Elder</span></a>
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1509<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1509-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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