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File:El Greco - San Martín y el mendigo.jpg

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Summary

El Greco: Saint Martin and the Beggar  wikidata:Q6119366 reasonator:Q6119366
Artist
El Greco  (1541–1614)  wikidata:Q301 q:en:El Greco
 
El Greco
Alternative names
Birth name: Domenikos Theotokópoulos
Ελληνικά: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος
Description Italian- painter, sculptor, architect and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 1 October 1541 Edit this at Wikidata 7 April 1614 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Heraklion Edit this at Wikidata Toledo Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Toledo, Crete, Venice, Rome
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q301
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Saint Martin and the Beggar Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lde,"St. Martin und Bettler"
label QS:Les,"San Martín y el mendigo"
label QS:Len,"Saint Martin and the Beggar"
label QS:Lel,"Άγιος Μαρτίνος και ο ζητιάνος"
label QS:Lru,"Сент-Мартин и нищий"
Part of Altarpiece in the Chapel of St Joseph Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Saint Martin sharing his cloak Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Martin of Tours Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1597-1599
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 193.5 cm (76.1 in); width: 103 cm (40.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,193.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,103U174728
institution QS:P195,Q214867
Current location
not on view
Accession number
1942.9.25
Object history Commissioned 9 November 1597 by the Capilla de San José [Chapel of Saint Joseph], Toledo. Sold 1906 by the directors of the chapel, in Paris to (Boussod Valadon, Paris); sold in same year to Peter A. B. Widener [1834-1915], Elkins Park, PA;[1] inheritance from Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener [1860-1943], Elkins Park, PA.[2]
  1. ↑ Edith Standen notes in the NGA curatorial files.
  2. ↑ "The Perfect Collection, as Achieved by Mr. Widener of Philadelphia," Fortune (September 1932): 66, 69.
Exhibition history
Credit line Widener Collection
Inscriptions

Signature bottom right:

Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος γίνει αυτό [Dominikos Theotokopoulos did this]
References
Source/Photographer

1. The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.

2. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., online collection
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Saint Martin and the beggar is a painting by the Greek Mannerist El Greco.

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