Saint Sebastian
Artist, German, 1732 - 1788

Artwork overview
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Medium
brush and black ink with gray wash over graphite, heightened with white, on laid paper and incised for transfer; the verso rubbed with red chalk
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 16.8 x 12.9 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/16 in.)
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Accession
1997.74.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Christian Hammer [1818-1905], Stockholm, (Lugt 1238)[1]; private collection, Hannover; (Martin Moeller, Hamburg); purchased by NGA, 1997.
[1] See collector's mark on the drawing's mount.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower center in pen and brown ink: Victor.ana juid.11 / Deus noster. (upside down) / S. / Sebastianus / Martyr.; on old mount and by later hand: Joseph Christ v: Winterstetten sesste sich zu (settled himself in) Augsburg. F. 157. (see object folder for the inscription on the mount)
Watermarks
partial watermark, not identified
Wikidata ID
Q64591120