Saint Sebastian

Title

Saint Sebastian

Draughtsman

• Italian, 16th century

Recto

Joseph und seine Brüder: Auffindung des goldenen Bechers

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• red chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Italian

Production Reason

• figure study

Captions Added Later

Unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Sebastian (saint)

Primary

• 11H(SEBASTIAN)62 St. Sebastian, tied to a tree or a pillar, is pierced by arrows
• 31A141(+1) nude with covered genitals (+ front view)
• 31A25112 arm raised, with fingers spread out

Historic Attribution

• German draughtsman