Saint Sebastian

late 15th - early 16th century

Moderno

Associated Names
Moderno

Artist, Veronese, 1467 - 1528

The sculpture depicts a relief of a male figure with arrows piercing his torso against a backdrop of architectural elements and additional smaller figures. One figure is on a pedestal to the right and another in a smaller recess on the left. The relief is made of metal with a dark reddish-brown color, showing a slightly rough surface texture. The relief is rectangular with a hole at the top.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 7.48 × 5.47 cm (2 15/16 × 2 1/8 in.)
    gross weight: 60.24 gr (0.133 lb.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.250

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Oscar Hainauer [d. 1894], Berlin; his wife, Julie Hainauer, Berlin; acquired 1906 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); by exchange 21 October 1920 to Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

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Bibliography

1897

  • Bode, Wilhelm von, ed. Die Sammlung Oscar Hainauer / The Collection of Oscar Hainauer. [bound as one volume, English and German pages interleaved in one page sequence] Berlin, 1897 and London, 1906: no. 153.

1908

  • A Cabinet of One Hundred & Thirty-Three Bronze Plaques and Medals of the Renaissance Period from the Collection of the Late Herr Oscar Hainauer of Berlin. Ed. Duveen Brothers. London, n.d. (but 1908): no. 56, repro.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.

Markings

Reverse bears former inventory marks 100 in black ink (unidentified collection); P12 in black paint (Bode/Thieme 1897/1906); and 56. in white paint (Hainauer/Duveen 1908).

Wikidata ID

Q63809923

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