Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Saint Martin of Tours: The Consecration of Saint Martin as Bishop (left); Saint Martin Shares his Cloak with a Beggar

Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Saint Martin of Tours: The Consecration of Saint Martin as Bishop (left); Saint Martin Shares his Cloak with a Beggar

1340–1350 · Germany, Cologne

ivory with polychromy and gilding, original silver hinges

Cleveland Museum of Art · Medieval Art · CC0 · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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