Saint Martin with his Horse in a Ship

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Martin with his Horse in a Ship

Johannes and Lucas van Doetecum (Flemish, active in Antwerp, 1554-1575)

Date
c. 1561
Medium
Etching and engraving on paper
Culture
Flanders
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

In Hieronymus Bosch’s antic vision of the world, appearances were often deceiving. Here Saint Martin’s pious act of dividing his cloak to clothe a naked beggar takes place within a chaotic panorama of beggars of all types—both those genuinely afflicted by deprivation and disease and mere charlatans.

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Object type
AAT300041273

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