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T he church was rebuilt at the behest of Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1577-1633), nephew of Pope Paul V (r. 1605-21), by Flaminio Ponzio (1560-1613). Work began in 1608, but was not complete when Ponzio died in 1613. It was completed by Jan Van Santen (1550-1621), a Dutch-born architect, better known as Giovanni Vasanzio, who spent most of his ...
Ca. 1637. Oil on canvas. Room 018A. In contrast to most depictions of this episode, here Saint Sebastian has not yet been tied to the tree. Two executioners prepare his martyrdom. The divine light falling on him allows the artist to focus on the expression of the saint’s face and the modelling of his body. See work in timeline.
This panel of unknown provenance was first documented in connection with the Borghese Collection in c. 1633. Indeed, an inventory believed to be from that year contains the description of ‘a work on panel of Saint Sebastian tied to a tree riddled with arrows, with a carved, gilded frame, 4⅓ high 2½ wide, Pietro Perugino’.
By Sr. Gini George, SSpS. The third station of the Pilgrimage to the Seven Churches is the Basilica of St. Sebastian Outside the Walls. The site of the basilica holds a large underground burial area of the early Christians, known as the catacombs. The first church on this site was built during the Christian persecutions, in the 3rd century AD.
The work on copper, attributed by critics to Domenico Cresti il Passignano, was most likely among the confiscated works of Cavalier d’Arpino, stolen from the painter in 1607 when he was accused of illegal possession of firearms. The work shows an unusual moment in the Passio of Sebastian, when the martyr’s body, pierced by arrows, is ...
St. 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 having been shot through by arrows, and it was thought that plague spread abroad through the air.
Sañogasta en la provincia de La Rioja . San Sebastián o Sebastián de Milán (en latín: Sebastianus; Narbona, 256- Roma, 288) fue un tribuno militar del ejército romano, santo y mártir venerado por la Iglesia católica y la Iglesia ortodoxa que vivió en el siglo III . Nacido en Narbo Martius (hoy Narbona) en Galia, Sebastián fue militar ...
