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Saint Martin with his Horse on a Ship

Saint Martin with his Horse on a Ship

c. 1561
(d. 1605)
(active 1554–1572)
(Netherlandish, 1440–1516)
Netherlands, 16th century
etching on laid paper
Plate: 33.8 x 42.7 cm (13 5/16 x 16 13/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 2020.99
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The artist of this boisterous scene combined a saint’s charitable act with all manner of excessive behaviors that takes place in a contemporary coastal city much like that where the print was made.

Description

During the 16th century, November 11 brought the feast day of Saint Martin in Northern Europe, accompanied by boisterous parties and drinking “St. Martin’s wine.” This print depicts one such feast gone awry, with the sins of gluttony, greed, and sloth on full display among the crowd of beggars and devils who fight for their chance at the wine, or for no apparent reason. In the center of the scene, Saint Martin stands ready to divide his cloak in order to share it with a beggar, the single act of charity in the scene.
  • P. de Ramaix
    Albert van Loock [1917-2011?], Brussels, Belgium
    November 28, 2018
    (Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, Germany)
    2018-2020
    (Eric Gillis Fine Art, Brussels, Belgium)
    2020
    The Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
    March 2, 2020
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Grieken, Joris van, Ger Luijten, and Jan van der Stock. Hieronymus Cock: The Renaissance in Print. Brussels, Belgium: Mercatorfonds, 2013. cat. 65, p. 254-5
    Walsh, Martin W. “The Satirical Charity of Saint Martin from Bosch to the German Baroque: A Drawing by Michael Herri,” Notes in the History of Art, Vo. 33/No. 2 (Winter 2014) p. 21-30
  • {{cite web|title=Saint Martin with his Horse on a Ship|url=false|author=Johannes I van Doetecum, Lucas van Doetecum, Hieronymus Bosch|year=c. 1561|access-date=16 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.99