19th C, Saint, Neo-Gothic Stained-Glass Window with Saint Martin, Belgium
19th Century
Stained glass
163 x 73 cm
64 1/8 x 28 3/4 in
64 1/8 x 28 3/4 in
1935
€ 9,400.00
Further images
Most people know Saint Martin (Szombathely, ca. 316 – Candes, 397) as the Roman Tribune who cut his cloak in two with his sword and gave one half to a beggar. The artist of the stained-glass window has opted for a different, less common iconographic representation here. Saint Martin is presented as a bishop with a miter and staff. According to a legend, Martin was lured to the city of Tours with a trick to consecrate him as a bishop. He refused the ecclesiastical office and hid in a barn with some geese. The birds betrayed him with their twittering. In the end Martin received his episcopal consecration. The goose at the feet of the saint clearly refers to this event.