About this artwork
A single arrow lodged in his neck identifies the subject of this picture as Saint Sebastian, an early Christian martyr. It shares a common provenance with Furini’s Personification of Poetry, hanging nearby, but they are unlikely to have been conceived as a pair, since the subject of that picture is secular rather than religious.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Francesco Furini (1603 - 1646) Italian
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title:Saint Sebastian
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date created:About 1633
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:50.50 x 38.50 cm; Framed: 81.00 x 69.20 x 10.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased by the RI 1831; transferred 1859
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accession number:NG 30
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Francesco Furini
Francesco Furini
Furini was one of the most successful Florentine painters of the seventeenth century. He undertook few public commissions, producing mainly small and medium sized gallery pictures for private clients. He is best known for his many works featuring sensuous female nudes, with subjects drawn mainly...
