Year c. 1597-1599 Artist El Greco Location National Gallery of Art | Type Oil paint on canvas Dimensions 1.94 m x 1.03 m Media Oil paint | |
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Periods Mannerism, Spanish Renaissance Genres Christian art, History painting Similar El Greco artwork, Mannerism artwork, Oil paintings | ||
Saint Martin and the Beggar is a painting by the Greek mannerist painter El Greco, painted c. 1597-1599, that currently is in the collection of The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. It depicts a legend in the life of Christian saint Martin of Tours: the saint cut off half his cloak and gave it to a beggar.
El Greco made a smaller version of the painting that is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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