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The martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. By Guido Reni, oil on canvas, circa 1615. In 1996, American author Richard A. Kaye wrote that "Contemporary gay men have seen in Sebastian at once a stunning advertisement for homosexual desire (indeed, a homoerotic ideal), and a prototypical portrait of tortured closet case." [3] [54]
The Judgment of Sebastian. The Saettatura (Shooting of Arrows) panel is the only one signed by Semitecolo [2] and stands as an important source of information. The complete altarpiece is composed of six panels, four of which depict Saint Sebastian's martyrdom, including the Saettatura. [1]
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 the subject of three paintings by the Italian Early Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna.The Paduan artist lived in a period of frequent plagues; Sebastian was considered protector against the plague as he had been shot through by arrows, and it was thought that plague spread abroad through the air.
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian is a large altarpiece by the brothers Antonio and Piero del Pollaiuolo, commissioned by the Florentine Pucci family and now in the National Gallery, London. [ 1 ] History
The Martyrdom of St Sebastian may refer to: Saint Sebastian (c. 256–288), early Christian saint and martyr; Paintings of the subject.
San Sebastiano fuori le mura (Saint Sebastian outside the Walls), ... the basilica is dedicated to St. Sebastian, a popular Roman martyr of the 3rd century.
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