Saint Martin with his Horse in a Ship
Johannes van Doetecum
c. 1561
Medium
Etching and engraving on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 34.4 × 43 cm (13 9/16 × 16 15/16 in.); sheet: 36 × 44.2 cm (14 3/16 × 17 7/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
97682
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
In Hieronymus Bosch’s antic vision of the world, appearances were often deceiving. Here Saint Martin’s pious act of dividing his cloak to clothe a naked beggar takes place within a chaotic panorama of beggars of all types—both those genuinely afflicted by deprivation and disease and mere charlatans.