Saint Sebastian
c. 1475/1500
Portuguese 15th Century
Painter
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on panel
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall size: 222 x 286.6 cm (87 3/8 x 112 13/16 in.)
overall (Saint Dionysius, painted surface): 151.5 x 54.5 cm (59 5/8 x 21 7/16 in.)
overall (Saint Dionysius, painted surface and frame): 221 x 71.1 cm (87 x 28 in.)
overall (Saint Sebastian, painted surface): 151.3 x 54.7 cm (59 9/16 x 21 9/16 in.)
overall (Saint Sebastian, painted surface and frame): 222 x 71.3 cm (87 3/8 x 28 1/16 in.)
overall (Saint Barbara, painted surface): 150 x 54.7 cm (59 1/16 x 21 9/16 in.)
overall (Saint Barbara, painted surface and frame): 222 x 71.3 cm (87 3/8 x 28 1/16 in.)
overall (Saint Lawrence, painted surface): 151.5 x 54.5 cm (59 5/8 x 21 7/16 in.)
overall (Saint Lawrence, painted surface and frame): 221 x 71.1 cm (87 x 28 in.) -
Accession Number
1960.6.30.2
Associated Artworks
St. Dionysius
Portuguese 15th Century
1475
Saint Barbara
Portuguese 15th Century
1475
St. Lawrence
Portuguese 15th Century
1475
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
William Salomon [1852-1919], New York; (his estate sale, American Art Galleries, New York, 4-7 April 1923, 2nd day, no. 358, as by Spanish School, seventeenth century); T.R. Williams, New York;[1] sold to William R. Timken [1866-1949], New York; by inheritance to his widow, Lillian Guyer Timken [1881-1959], New York; bequest 1960 to NGA.
[1] "Salomon Sale, totaling $1,292,847, Third Largest in America." Art News 21 (14 April 1923): 4.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1923
"Salomon Sale, totaling $1,292,847, Third Largest in America." Art News 21 (14 April, 1923): 4.
"Salomon sale, totaling $1,292,847, Third Largest in America." Art News 21 (14 April 1923): 4.
1960
Canaday, John. "Flip of Coin Helps Divide Fortune In Art." New York Times 15 May (1960): 77.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 30, repro.
1990
Brown, Jonathan, and Richard G. Mann. Spanish Paintings of the Fifteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1990: 140-141, repro. 142-143.
Inscriptions
on the moldings above the painting, probably from the early 1900s: S. Dionisus; S. Sebastianus; S. Barba[r]a; S. Laurentius
Wikidata ID
Q20174160