File:Antonio Rimpacta - Saint Sebastian - Walters 37469.jpg
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[edit]Antonio Rimpacta: Saint Sebastian
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Saint Sebastian |
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English: Saint Sebastian was a Roman commander who, according to legend, was executed under Emperor Diocletian (284-305) for being a Christian. First, soldiers attempted to kill him by shooting him with arrows, but he miraculously survived. He was then beaten to death.
In Rimpatta's image, the soldiers depart in the background, thinking they have killed the saint. He is depicted in a beautiful landscape, perhaps to show us that, through his faith and sufferings, he has entered Paradise. Sebastian was among the saints who were believed to protect people from the plague. The painting is probably an "ex-voto," an image commissioned in gratitude for protection against the disease and dedicated to the saint by the wealthy kneeling woman in the foreground, who has placed herself and her children under his protection. |
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| Date | circa 1505 (Early Renaissance) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil and tooled gold on panel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Painted surface height: 99 cm (38.9 in); width: 74.7 cm (29.4 in); Panel H: 39 x W: 30 x D excluding cradle: 3/8 in. (99 x 76.2 x 1 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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37.469 |
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| Place of creation | Bologna, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Federico Zeri (1976) (in English) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, no. 135 , pp. 202−203 OCLC: 2463997. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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