\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This painting is the central panel of a triptych painted for the church of St. Catherine at Augsburg and commissioned by the
Dominican nun Magdalena Imhof. Holbein devotes a great deal of attention to the representation of the landscape, including such secondary details as the soldiers reloading their crossbows, which serve to attenuate the drama of the scene.\par