Saint Martin and the Beggar, Bartholomeus Spranger, 1599 - 1609

Identification

Title(s)

Saint Martin and the Beggar

Object type

Object number

RP-T-1884-A-409

Description

Ontwerp voor een prent.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Bartholomeus Spranger

Dating

1599 - 1609

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 246 mm × width 120 mm

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 Jun-1884

Copyright

Public domain

Relations

Documentation

Bartholomeus Spranger, Sally Metzler, p. 229-230, cat.nr. 138
Rudolf II and Prague: the court and the city, Eliska Fucíková, p. 446, cat.nr. I.278
Netherlandish drawings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Karel Gerard Boon, dl. 1, p. 152, cat.nr. 417
Keuze van tekeningen bewaard in het Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam, Lina Christina Johanna Frerichs, cat.nr. 33
Die stilistische Entwicklung im Werk Bartholomäus Sprangers, Konrad Oberhuber, p. 187, cat.nr. Z2
De triomf van het maniërisme, Remmet van Luttervelt, cat.nr. 255
Das graphische Werk des Bartholomäus Spranger, uit: Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft, 52, 1931, pagina pp. 7-33 - afb. 11

Persistent URL

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