In the central panel the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adam_Elsheimer_012.jpg" title="File:Adam Elsheimer 012.jpg">Glorification of the cross</a> by the Saints, the prophets and the angels is shown. On the right, are the 4 the patriarchs including <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Moses" title="Category:Moses">Moses</a>, Abraham and King David. Jonas is sitting on the fish, looking up towards the cross, and St Catherine and Mary Magdalene are in a sisterly embrace. In the foreground is a disputation between St Sebastian and the 4 Fathers of the Church, Pope Gregory, St Jerome, St Ambrose and St Augustine, with the first Christian martyrs St Stephen and St Laurence. The six surrounding scene depict the finding of the true cross by St. Helen. The modern frame has been reconstructed following sketches from 1612.
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