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Saint Sebastian Interceding for the Plague Stricken (at top), [19] Josse Lieferinxe, 1497–1499, The Walters Art Museum. The belief that Saint Sebastian was a defense against the plague was a medieval addition to his reputation, which largely accounts for the enormous increase in his importance in the Late Middle Ages. [20]
In spite of appearance, both the Basque form Donostia and the Spanish form San Sebastián have the same meaning — Saint Sebastian.The dona/done/doni element in Basque place names signifies "saint" and is derived from Latin domine; the second part of Donostia contains a shortened form of the saint's name. [11]
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian; St Sebastian (Perugino, Hermitage) St Sebastian (Perugino, Louvre) St Sebastian (Perugino, Nationalmuseum) St Sebastian (Perugino, São Paulo) St Sebastian between St Roch and St Peter; Tezi Altarpiece; The Martyrdom of St Sebastian (Perugino) Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian ...
The Louvre's Saint Sebastian was once part of the Altar of San Zeno in Verona.In the late 17th to early 18th centuries it was recorded in the Sainte Chapelle of Aigueperse, in the Auvergne region of France: its presence there is related to the marriage of Chiara Gonzaga, daughter of Federico I of Mantua, with Gilbert de Bourbon, Dauphin d'Auvergne (1486).
Articles relating to Saint Sebastian (c. AD 256 – 288), an early Christian saint and martyr. According to traditional belief, he was killed during the Diocletianic Persecution of Christians. Subcategories
Saint Sebastian, or Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian is an autograph work by the famed artist Doménikos Theotokópoulos, commonly known as El Greco.It shows the Martyred Saint in an atypical kneeling posture which has led some scholars to believe it to be a compositional quotation of various works by other great masters whom the artist admired.
Saint Sebastian is a painting of the early Christian saint and martyr Saint Sebastian painted c. 1501–1502 by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael. Part of his early works, it is housed in the Accademia Carrara of Bergamo, Italy. [1] In 2022 the painting was included in an exhibition held at the National Gallery in London.
Luca Giordano, c. 1653. National Gallery of Victoria.. One of the earliest paintings of Sebastian being nursed is by Josse Lieferinxe in about 1497, part of a cycle from an altarpiece in Marseilles (now Philadelphia Museum of Art), [6] but the subject was rare until the 17th century, and treated as part of a series of Sebastian's life.