1510
ink
From the collection of Rosenwald Collection
Saint Sebastian is a 1510 ink by Lucas van Leyden, a Renaissance work, held at Rosenwald Collection.
This black-and-white image shows a man tied to a tree with arrows stuck in his body. His arms are stretched up, and his legs are spread apart. The ground around him has rocks and grass, and a snake slithers near his feet. The artist used sharp lines and shading to show muscle and pain. The scene looks dramatic but also precise, like the artist studied how light and shadow work. Look up engraving to see how artists like this one carved images into metal.
Lucas van Leyden (1494 – 8 August 1533), was a Dutch painter and printmaker in engraving and woodcut. Lucas van Leyden was among the first Dutch exponents of genre painting and was a very accomplished engraver.
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