St Martin on Horseback – Hand-Carved Wooden Statue from South Tyrol

St Martin on his horse is the image many people know from childhood: the rider who shows compassion. This wooden statue is hand-carved in Val Gardena (South Tyrol). Because every figure is made individually, you receive a one-of-a-kind piece.

Martin was born around 316 in Savaria, in present-day Hungary, and as the son of an officer himself served as a cavalryman in the army. After his baptism he became a monk, and in 371 the people chose him as Bishop of Tours. The most famous story is a legend: at the gates of Amiens he used his sword to share his soldier's cloak with a freezing beggar. Martin is patron saint of soldiers, of the poor and beggars, of travellers and of Burgenland. His feast day is 11 November. You will find more about him in thelexicon article on Martin of Tours.

• Sizes: 25, 35, 50 or 80 cm
• Finishes: natural, multicolour stained, hand-painted, genuine gold leaf, antique genuine gold leaf
• Wood: mainly lime wood, depending on size also maple or Swiss stone pine
• Workshop article number: 5100

For the name day of a Martin, for First Holy Communion or around St Martin's Day on 11 November: the figure is a reminder that sharing begins in small things. In the “Hand-painted” finish it is painted with oil paints; “Genuine gold leaf” means real gold leaf.

Your figure takes approx. 3–4 weeks to reach you: the workshop in South Tyrol prepares it and sends it insured, to Germany and Austria only, for €6.90. The 14-day statutory right of withdrawal applies.