Saint Martin and the Beggar  1599

by El Greco

Commissioned for the Chapel of San José in Toledo by Martín Ramírez, a namesake of the saint and donor of the chapel, Saint Martin and the Beggar was part of one of the artist's most successful ensembles. [br] The saint, who lived during the reign of Constantine the Great, was a member of the imperial cavalry stationed near Amiens, in Gaul. Coming upon a shivering beggar ...
Size: 
193.5 x 103 cm
Medium: 
Oil on canvas with wooden strip added at bottom
Credit: 
Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington

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