An armored man riding a white horse cuts his scarlet-red cloak in half using his sword in this loosely painted, vertical panel. The horse walks angled to our left, and a kneeling, bare chested person to the right holds both hands up and grips the other end of the cloak. A woman, a bearded, bald man, child, and baby are clustered behind the kneeling man. The baby sleeps in the woman’s arms, but she and the other child look up at the man on horseback, Saint Martin. The end of a staff or crutch and a shallow wooden bowl are by the kneeling person’s feet. Saint Martin’s silver armor gleams with…
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Saint Martin Dividing His Cloak

Attributed to painter Jan Boeckhorst (Flemish, born Germany, 1604 - 1668)

c. 1640/1645

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 34.5 x 24.2 cm (13 9/16 x 9 1/2 in.) ; framed: 49.9 x 40 x 6.7 cm (19 5/8 x 15 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Culture
Flemish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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