Saint Martin with his Horse in a Ship

Description

In Hieronymus Bosch’s antic vision of the world, appearances were often deceiving. Here Saint Martin’s pious act of dividing his cloak to clothe a naked beggar takes place within a chaotic panorama of beggars of all types—both those genuinely afflicted by deprivation and disease and mere charlatans.

Saint Martin with his Horse in a Ship

Johannes van Doetecum

c. 1561

Accession Number

97682

Medium

Etching and engraving on paper

Dimensions

Plate: 34.4 × 43 cm (13 9/16 × 16 15/16 in.); sheet: 36 × 44.2 cm (14 3/16 × 17 7/16 in.)

Classification

engraving

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Donnelley and William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment