St Martin Cutting Off Part of his Cloak for a Beggar, Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot, 1623

Identification

Title(s)

St Martin Cutting Off Part of his Cloak for a Beggar

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-1930

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, upper left, under the window of the house: ‘Joost. Cornel. / Drooch. Sloot. 1623’

Description

Dorpsgezicht met Sint Maarten die een stuk van zijn jas afsnijdt om aan een bedelaar te geven. Links van de heilige Martinus een groep vechtende bedelaars, rechts meer bedelaars. Achter de heilige en door de bomen is een kerk te zien.

Creation

Artist

painter: Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot (signed by artist)

Dating

1623

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 58 cm × width 85 cm

Subject

What

St. Martin divides his cloak (i.e. the charity of St. Martin): he is usually shown on horseback, cutting his cloak with his sword, or putting part of the cloak round the shoulders of a beggar who kneels beside him

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase Dec-1900

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; from William Burroughs Hill, Southampton, fl. 603, to the museum, December 1900; on loan to the Limburgs Museum, Venlo, since 2000

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8329

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