The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

c. 1620

Aegidius Sadeler II

Associated Names
Aegidius Sadeler II

Artist, Flemish, c. 1570 - 1629

The image shows a man tied to a large tree or post. He is standing upright with his arms raised above his head and bound at the wrists. He appears calm with his eyes closed, medium-length curly hair, and is mostly unclothed except for a cloth around his waist. Four small cherubic figures with curly hair and wings are around him, with two on each side near his feet. The background includes draped fabric and trees in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk with brown and gray wash heightened with white on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 41.4 x 31.5 cm (16 5/16 x 12 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1992.18.1

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1992

  • Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 15.

1997

  • "Rudolf II and Prague: The Imperial Court and Residential City as the Cultural and Spiritual Heart of Central Europe", Prague Castle Picture Gallery, 1997, no. 237.

2000

  • Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000-2001, 160.

Bibliography

2007

  • Plomp, Michiel. "Artist Collectors in the Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: Jacob de Wit, a Special Case." In L'Artiste Collectionneur de Dessin II, De Giorgio Vasari à Aujourd'hui. (Rencontres internationales du Salon du Dessin, 21-22 mars 2007.) Milan, 2007: 81, 83, note 43, 212, fig. 15.

Inscriptions

PECTORA FIXIT AMOR.; by later hand, upper right in brown ink: 73; by later hand, lower left in brown ink: 2 1/2 [? ]

Wikidata ID

Q64533412

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