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

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.

Artist

• painter: Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot (signed by artist)

Dating

1623

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

support: height 58 cm × width 85 cm

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

purchase Dec-1900

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 118
• All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 199