Saint Martin and the Beggar, ca. 1475

Blatt/Darstellung: 155 x 105 mm

Physical Description: Engraving

Inventory Number: 33750

Object Number: 33750 D

Acquisition: Acquired in 1855

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Work

While a soldier in the Roman army, Martin of Tours (ca. 316/17–397) gave half of his warm officer’s cloak to a freezing beggar. Christ appeared to him afterwards in a dream, prompting his conversion to Christianity; later he became a hermit and a bishop. Dressed in a velvet jacket, he cuts a generous piece off his large mantle; the sparsly dressed beggar receives it. A closer look reveals that Schongauer originally intended to show the beggar’s right arm outstretched rather than bent.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Saint Martin and the Beggar

Artist

Martin Schongauer

Period Produced

15th century

Object Type

art print

Physical Description: Engraving

Material

Vergé paper

Technique

copperplate engraving

Geographic Reference

German

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Monogrammiert in der Platte unten mittig: M+S

Captions Added Later: Verso bezeichnet (mit Bleistift): B [...] 57 [...] / B 57; nicht identifizierte Beschriftung oder Paraphe (mit der Feder in Braun): T[...]W [?] 1803 [?]
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

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