St. Sebastian at the Column, ca. 1475 – 1500

Title

St. Sebastian at the Column

Painter

• Antonio de Saliba

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

wood (plane wood), thinned and cradled

Material

• plane wood

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1833.

Genre

• devotional image
• depiction of a saint
• historical narration
• literary representation

Main Motif

• martyrdom
• Saint Sebastian
• man

Persons Shown

• Sebastian (saint)

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Antonello da Messina
• Irene of Rome (saint)

Illustrated Passage

• Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984, S. 131

Primary

• 11H(SEBASTIAN) the martyr Sebastian; possible attributes: arrow(s), bow, tree-trunk
• 31A246 head slanting to the right

Secondary

• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture
• 24F firmament, sky