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This painting is a small replica of an altarpiece for the private family chapel of San José in Toledo, Spain. The production of smaller versions of commissioned altarpieces allowed El Greco to introduce his creations to a wide market. The composition here includes elements that would have resonated with his audience: Saint Martin wears fashionable contemporary armor, and the walls of Toledo are visible in the distant background. Martin was a popular saint during the period, when acts of charity like the gift of his cloak to a beggar were promoted by the Catholic Church as necessary for earning salvation.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 63 × 110 Cm |
| Tags | saintsmanpeasantssoldiersclothgreen (color)horseanimalsarmorlandscapereligionreligiousreligious figuresreligious scenesChristian subjectsChristianityDevotionSpainCentury of Progressworld's fairsChicago World's Fairs |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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possibly by descent to his son, Jorge Manuel Theotocopoulos (d....
possibly by descent to his son, Jorge Manuel Theotocopoulos (d. 1631), Toledo [the 1621 inventory of Jorge Manuel’s possessions includes “170 Un San Martin a caballo, de bara y terzia y tres quartas” (170 A Saint Martin on horseback, of one vara and a third by three quarters)
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Art Institute Archives]
Art Institute Archives]
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Possibly in the artist’s studio at the time of his death, 1614 [the 1614 inventory of the artist’s estate includes “un S....
Possibly in the artist’s studio at the time of his death, 1614 [the 1614 inventory of the artist’s estate includes “un S. Martin” (a St. Martin)
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Budapest, Szépművészeti Múzeum, El Greco in Budapest, Oct. 28, 2022 - Feb. 19, 2023, cat. 61.
Budapest, Szépművészeti Múzeum, El Greco in Budapest, Oct. 28, 2022 - Feb. 19, 2023, cat. 61.
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Leticia Ruiz Gomez, El Greco, exh. cat.
Leticia Ruiz Gomez, El Greco, exh. cat. (Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2022), 302-03 cat. 61 (ill.).
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Rebecca J. Long, ed., El Greco: Ambition and Defiance, exh. cat.
Rebecca J. Long, ed., El Greco: Ambition and Defiance, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2020), 159 cat. 47, 197.
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Rebecca J. Long, “El Greco’s l Greco’s Altarpieces: Artistic Ambition and Legal Frustration,” in El Greco: Ambition and Defiance, exh. cat., ed. Rebecca J. Long
Rebecca J. Long, “El Greco’s l Greco’s Altarpieces: Artistic Ambition and Legal Frustration,” in El Greco: Ambition and Defiance, exh. cat., ed. Rebecca J. Long (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2020), 45.
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Paris, Grand Palais, Greco, October 14, 2019–February 10, 2020; Art Institute of Chicago, El Greco: Ambition and Defiance, March 7–June 21, 2020, cat. 47. [Chicago Only].
Paris, Grand Palais, Greco, October 14, 2019–February 10, 2020; Art Institute of Chicago, El Greco: Ambition and Defiance, March 7–June 21, 2020, cat. 47. [Chicago Only].
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Germano Celant and Sue Ann Kendall, Famous Artists from Chicago, exh. cat.
Germano Celant and Sue Ann Kendall, Famous Artists from Chicago, exh. cat. (Milan: Fondazione Prada, 2017), 12 (color ill.), 13.
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El Siglo de Oro: The Age of Velázquez, exh. cat.
El Siglo de Oro: The Age of Velázquez, exh. cat. (Berlin: Hirmer, 2016), 93 cat. 5.
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Berlin, Staatliche Mussen, El Siglo de Oro: The Age of Velázquez, July 1 - October 30, 2016, cat. 5; Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, November 25, 2016 - March 26, 2017.
Berlin, Staatliche Mussen, El Siglo de Oro: The Age of Velázquez, July 1 - October 30, 2016, cat. 5; Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, November 25, 2016 - March 26, 2017.
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Palma Martínez-Burgos, El Greco
Palma Martínez-Burgos, El Greco (Madrid: Editorial LIBSA, 2014), 97.
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Martha Wolff, ed., Northern European and Spanish Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago
Martha Wolff, ed., Northern European and Spanish Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008), 72-78, ill.
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Louis Réau, Iconographie de L'Art Chretien, vol. 3
Louis Réau, Iconographie de L'Art Chretien, vol. 3 (Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1958), 908.
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Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño, La pintura española fuera de España: historia y catálogo
Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño, La pintura española fuera de España: historia y catálogo (Espasa-Calpe, 1958), 200 no. 1356.
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Halldor Soehner, “Ein Hauptwerk Grecos: Die Kapelle San José in Toledo,” Zeitschrift für Kunstwissenschaft 9
Halldor Soehner, “Ein Hauptwerk Grecos: Die Kapelle San José in Toledo,” Zeitschrift für Kunstwissenschaft 9 (1957): 215 n. 88.
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Art Institute of Chicago, An Illustrated Guide to the Collections of The Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago, An Illustrated Guide to the Collections of The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1956), 29.
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Antonia Vallentin, El Greco
Antonia Vallentin, El Greco (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1955), 204.
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“Chicago’s Fabulous Collectors: Art Institute Announces it will Get Treasures from Their Homes,” Life Magazine
“Chicago’s Fabulous Collectors: Art Institute Announces it will Get Treasures from Their Homes,” Life Magazine (October 27, 1952): 91 (ill).
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José Camón Aznar, Domenico Greco vol. 2
José Camón Aznar, Domenico Greco vol. 2 (Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1950), 702, 1382–83, no. 524, fig. 534; rev. ed., Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1970, vol. 2, 711–12, 1367, no. 524, fig. 540.
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“St. Martin and the Beggar,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 44
“St. Martin and the Beggar,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 44 (1950): 61–62 (cover ill.).
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given to the Art Institute, 1949.
given to the Art Institute, 1949.
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Walter W. S. Cook, “Spanish Paintings in the National Gallery of Art: El Greco to Goya,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6th ser., 28
Walter W. S. Cook, “Spanish Paintings in the National Gallery of Art: El Greco to Goya,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6th ser., 28 (1945): 72.
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M[aurice] Legendre and A[lbert] Hartmann, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, Called El Greco
M[aurice] Legendre and A[lbert] Hartmann, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, Called El Greco (Paris: Hypérion, 1937), 464 (ill.).
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Al[exandru] Busuioceanu, Les Tableaux du Greco de la Collection Royale de Roumanie
Al[exandru] Busuioceanu, Les Tableaux du Greco de la Collection Royale de Roumanie (Brussels: Editions de la Connaissance; Paris: Editions D'Histoire & D'Art, 1937), 17, n.p. (ill.).
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Domenico Theotocopuli, El Greco. Exposition organisée par la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, exh. cat.
Domenico Theotocopuli, El Greco. Exposition organisée par la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, exh. cat. (Paris: Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1937), n.p., under cat. 4.
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“Spanish Paintings, Textiles, Furniture, Arms, and Pottery,” Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts Monthly Bulletin 7, 1
“Spanish Paintings, Textiles, Furniture, Arms, and Pottery,” Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts Monthly Bulletin 7, 1 (Oct. 1936): 2.
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Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Spanish Paintings, Textiles, Furniture, Arms, and Pottery, 1936, no cat.
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Spanish Paintings, Textiles, Furniture, Arms, and Pottery, 1936, no cat.
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Catalogue of a Century of Progress Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, exh. cat.
Catalogue of a Century of Progress Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1934), 14 cat. 76.
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Al[exandru] Busuioceanu, “Les Tableaux du Greco dans la collection royale de Roumanie,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6th ser., 11
Al[exandru] Busuioceanu, “Les Tableaux du Greco dans la collection royale de Roumanie,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 6th ser., 11 (1934): 298.
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Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1934, cat. 76.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1934, cat. 76.
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Catalogue of a Century of Progress Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture Lent from American Collections, exh. cat.
Catalogue of a Century of Progress Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture Lent from American Collections, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1933), 27–28 cat. 176.
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Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 176.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 176.
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Mrs....
Mrs. Chauncey McCormick, in a division of their joint property, by 1931
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Frank Rutter, El Greco
Frank Rutter, El Greco (1541–1614) (New York: E. Weyhe, 1930), 62, 98, no. 78, pl. 69.
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Norfolk, Va., Chrysler Museum of Art, The Genius of El Greco: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago, July 1–October 18, 1998, no cat.
Norfolk, Va., Chrysler Museum of Art, The Genius of El Greco: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago, July 1–October 18, 1998, no cat.
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“The Genius of El Greco: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago,” El Eco de Virginia, no. 116, Summer Series
“The Genius of El Greco: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago,” El Eco de Virginia, no. 116, Summer Series (1998), 10 (color ill.).
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Susanna P. Griswold, "Two Paintings by El Greco: Saint Martin and the Beggar, Analysis and Comparison," Studies in the History of Art, Monograph ser., 41: Conservation Research
Susanna P. Griswold, "Two Paintings by El Greco: Saint Martin and the Beggar, Analysis and Comparison," Studies in the History of Art, Monograph ser., 41: Conservation Research (1993): 136, 139 fig. 8, 149n4.
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Susan Alyson Stein, in Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection
Susan Alyson Stein, in Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993), 256, 259.
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Jonathan Brown and Richard G. Mann, Spanish Paintings of the Fifteenth through Nineteenth Centuries
Jonathan Brown and Richard G. Mann, Spanish Paintings of the Fifteenth through Nineteenth Centuries (Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), 50, 78, 80 fig. 1, 81–83.
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Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez, "On the Reconstruction of El Greco's Dispersed Altarpieces," in El Greco of Toledo, exh. cat., Jonathan Brown, ed.,
Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez, "On the Reconstruction of El Greco's Dispersed Altarpieces," in El Greco of Toledo, exh. cat., Jonathan Brown, ed., (Boston: Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1982), 168.
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John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America: Over 3000 Masterpieces by 50 Great Artists
John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America: Over 3000 Masterpieces by 50 Great Artists (New York: Abbeville Press, 1979), 154.
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Jacques Lassaigne, El Greco, trans. Jane Brenton
Jacques Lassaigne, El Greco, trans. Jane Brenton (London: Thames and Hudson, 1973), 141.
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Manuel B. Cossío, El Greco, Natalia Cossío de Jimémez, ed.
Manuel B. Cossío, El Greco, Natalia Cossío de Jimémez, ed. (Barcelona: Editorial R.M., 1972), 192, 386 no. 284.
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Enrique Lafuente Farrari and José Manuel Pita Andrade, Il Greco di Toledo e il suo espressionismo estremo
Enrique Lafuente Farrari and José Manuel Pita Andrade, Il Greco di Toledo e il suo espressionismo estremo (Milan: Rizzoli, 1969), 121; Eng. ed., trans. Robert Erich Wolf, New York: Harry Abrams, 1969.
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Tiziana Frati, L’opera completa del Greco
Tiziana Frati, L’opera completa del Greco (Milan: Rizzoli, 1969), 109 no. 105c2.
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Frederick A. Sweet, “Great Chicago Collectors,” Apollo 84
Frederick A. Sweet, “Great Chicago Collectors,” Apollo 84 (September 1966): 204, 206 fig. 42, 207.
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Harold E. Wethey, El Greco and His School, vol. 1-2
Harold E. Wethey, El Greco and His School, vol. 1-2 (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1962) vol. 1, fig. 120; vol. 2, 247, no. X-402; rev. Spanish ed., trans. Carlos Cid, Madrid: Guardarrama, 1967, vol. 1, pl. 104; vol. 2, 62–63, no. X-402.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago: Art Institute, 1961), 205.
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Halldor Soehner, Una obra maestra de El Greco: La capilla de San José de Toledo, trans. María de los Angeles Vázquez de Parga
Halldor Soehner, Una obra maestra de El Greco: La capilla de San José de Toledo, trans. María de los Angeles Vázquez de Parga (Madrid, 1961), 40n88.
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