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Saint Martin with His Horse on a Ship
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSaint Martin with His Horse on a Ship, c. 1561. Johannes I van Doetecum (d. 1605), Lucas van Doetecum (active 1554–1572), after Hieronymous Bosch (Netherlandish, c. 1450–1516). Etching on laid paper; platemark: 34.3 x 43 cm (13 1/2 x 16 15/16 in.); sheet: 34.9 x 43.5 cm (13 3/4 x 17 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 2020.99
