22 x 13 x h 40 cm.
Entirely made of finely carved pear wood.
Condition report: In good condition, with signs of ancient wormholes. Entirely made of finely carved pear wood. Condition report: In good condition, with signs of ancient wormholes.
- This small wooden statuette with elongated shapes depicts San Martin on horseback. The saint is depicted according to an iconography that became established starting from the 18th century, especially in the French context. Martin of Tours (c. 315 - 397) is a Christian saint, born in Pannonia (now Hungary); bishop of Tours around 370, he was a preacher and founder of the first monasteries in France, as well as a fierce opponent of pagan cults. His influence spread throughout Western Europe and many churches were dedicated to him in France and England. In iconography Martin appears in episcopal vestments or dressed as a Roman soldier in the act of dividing his cloak in two with his sword. In both cases he may have a crippled beggar next to him, as happens in this example. Martin, in fact, after enlisting in the Roman army, served in Gaul. One winter day he met a beggar who was shivering from the cold, he divided his cloak, or paludamentum, in two and gave part of it to the poor man. That night he dreamed that Christ visited him wearing the part of the cloak that he had donated.
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