File:El Greco - San Martín y el mendigo.jpg
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| El Greco: Saint Martin and the Beggar
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| Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q301 |
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| Title | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Part of |
Altarpiece in the Chapel of St Joseph |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
religious art |
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| Description | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depicted people |
Martin of Tours |
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| Date | circa 1597-1599 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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| Dimensions |
height: 193.5 cm (76.1 in); width: 103 cm (40.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,193.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,103U174728 |
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| Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q214867 |
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| Current location |
not on view |
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| Accession number |
1942.9.25 |
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| 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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history |
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| Credit line | Widener Collection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions |
Signature bottom right:
Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος γίνει αυτό [Dominikos Theotokopoulos did this] |
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| References |
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| 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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| current | 16:50, 4 September 2016 | 2,159 × 4,000 (3.22 MB) | wikimediacommons>Alonso de Mendoza | NGA version |
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