Saint Martin and the Beggar (van Dyck) Saint Martin and the Beggar (van Dyck) Saint Martin and the Beggar is a c.1618 painting of Saint Martin of Tours by the Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck. The painting portrays the saint sharing his cloak with a beggar. It had been in van Dyck's studio for some time by 1621 and may have been completed around 1618. In 1621 he was commissioned by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Brabant, Ferdinand de Boisschot, to deliver a painting of St Martin for the church dedicated to that saint in Zaventem. Van Dyck gave him this painting in fulfilment of the
Christopher H. van Dyck Christopher H. van Dyck Christopher H. van Dyck (born 25 August 1955 in Wichita, Kansas, is the Founder and Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit (ADRU) at Yale University School of Medicine, where he is Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neuroscience. His research uses brain imaging to learn about the progression of pathology in Alzheimer's disease, and to test potential new treatments for this disease. Christopher Hans van Dyck was born to Barbara Kroll Dyck and Walter Dyck, and has two brothers, Peter and Tim van Dyck. He grew up in Johnston and Underhill, Vermont, and attended Burlington High