A polychrome and gilded wood sculpture titled "Saint Martin of Tours," German work of the late 15th to early 16th century. Martin, a fourth century Roman soldier who became bishop of Tours, is remembered above all for dividing his cloak in two to share it with a freezing beggar at the gates of Amiens, a night he later said Christ visited him in a dream wearing that same half cloak. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Medieval Art department, under accession 50.233.2.
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Physical Form
MediumPolychrome and gilded wood, German, late 15th to early 16th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art 50.233.2 1 Medium (class) Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Source Saint Martin of Tours, accession 50.233.2 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Depicts
The Met's own title for this sculpture names the subject outright, "Saint Martin of Tours," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.
Source Saint Martin of Tours, accession 50.233.2 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Originated In
Source Saint Martin of Tours, accession 50.233.2 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Sources
1. Saint Martin of Tours, accession 50.233.2 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art- accession 50.233.2
catalogue record, medium/object-type description
A polychrome and gilded wood sculpture titled "Saint Martin of Tours," German work of the late 15th to early 16th century.
Originated In: Germany, Object record: Culture
Culture: German
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