1501
oil
panel
From the collection of Accademia Carrara
Saint Sebastian is a 1501 oil by Raphael, a High Renaissance work, depicting Arrow, held at Accademia Carrara.
This painting depicts a young man with long, curly brown hair and a red robe over a black tunic. He holds a brown arrow in his right hand, and a thin gold halo surrounds his head. The background shows a landscape with trees and mountains under a blue sky. The man's attire and the halo suggest he is a saint. The arrow he holds is a symbol often associated with Saint Sebastian, who was martyred by being shot with arrows. To learn more about the artist behind this work, look up the painter Raphael.
Saint Sebastian is a painting of the early Christian saint and martyr Saint Sebastian painted c. 1501–1502 by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael. Part of his early works, it is housed in the Accademia Carrara of Bergamo, Italy. In 2022 the painting was included in an exhibition held at the National Gallery in London.
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Raphael was born Raffaello Sanzio in Urbino on April 6, 1483, the son of Giovanni Santi, a painter and poet attached to the ducal court.
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