St. Martin and the Beggar, (sculpture).

St. Martin and the Beggar, (sculpture).

Gaul, Hermann J., 1869-1949, sculptor.

Buscher, Sebastian, sculptor. (copy after)

Frank Starr & Sons, fabricator.

St. Martin and the Beggar, (sculpture).

Brass covered with hand-hammered lead-coated copper with gold leaf.

A figure on a horse is sharing his cloak with a another figure that stands on the ground next to the horse.

Religion -- Saint -- St. Martin

Occupation -- Beggar

Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago

St. Martin Catholic Church, 5842 South Princeton Street, Chicago, Illinois

This sculpture is a copy after a wooden one created by Sebastian Buscher in 1895 that also sat on the pinnacle of St. Martin Catholic Church. It disintegrated in the 1930s and was replaced by this sculpture. Gold leaf was added in 1949.

Bach, Ira J. and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983.

Bach, Ira J. and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg.287.

For original see: 87580165.

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