Saint Martin and the Beggar
Anthony van Dyck · 1625
Why it's great
A knight on a white horse cuts his cloak in half with his sword to share it with a half-naked beggar. Anthony van Dyck painted it in about 1621 for a church in Belgium.
Where to see it
📍 Church of Saint MartinZaventem, Belgium
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Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish painter born in Antwerp in 1599. He was Rubens's most gifted assistant, traveled to Italy, and in 1632 moved to London as court painter to King Charles I, where he set the style for English portraits. He died in London in 1641 at the age of 42.
