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St Sebastian is a painting of c. 1614 by Peter Paul Rubens, showing the Christian Saint Sebastian.It dates to the early years of Rubens' stay in Rome - its sinuous line and defined figures are thought to be the result of his studies of Michelangelo and of Flemish Mannerism.
The St. Sebastian River in the American state of Florida is named after him. The river is a tributary of the Indian River Lagoon and comprises part of the boundary between Indian River County and Brevard County. The adjacent city of Sebastian, Florida, and St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park are also named for Saint Sebastian. [53]
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.
USS St. Sebastian United States Navy: 9 September 1919 A patrol vessel that was wrecked at Key West in the 1919 Florida Keys hurricane. USS Sturtevant United States Navy: 26 April 1942 A Clemson-class destroyer that ran into a friendly mine-field in the northwest channel.
Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene is an oil-on-canvas painting by Hendrick ter Brugghen dated to 1625. Now in the Allen Memorial Art Museum of Oberlin, Ohio, the piece depicts the Roman Catholic subject of Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene, after Irene of Rome and her maid rescued him following his attempted martyrdom by the Roman authorities. [1]
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 ...
Sebastian had always been a popular saint to invoke against the plague, and depictions of him to some extent rose and fell with the pattern of epidemics. In every one of the years 1624–1629, Utrecht , the main Dutch centre of Catholic history painting , was hit by plague, and it was probably what killed Hendrick ter Brugghen in November 1629 ...
Saint Sebastian is a c.1495 painting of Saint Sebastian by Perugino, now in the Louvre collection. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was temporarily on display at the Louvre-Lens branch between 2012 and 2017. It is probably the work mentioned in the 17th century inventory of the Barberini collection in Rome, which was later dispersed.