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Saint Sebastian (recto); sketches of a male head and a standing figure in a short cape; a copy of the figure on the recto (verso)

early–mid-16th century
Not on view
This sheet may have served as a preparatory study for the figure of Saint Sebastian in a painting, God the Father and Saints, in the church of San Domenico, Siena. In the painting, the serpentine figure of Saint Sebastian is similarly posed with his arms bound to a tree. Both works may be attributed to a follower of the Sienese artist Sodoma.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saint Sebastian (recto); sketches of a male head and a standing figure in a short cape; a copy of the figure on the recto (verso)
  • Artist: Follower of Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) (Italian, Vercelli 1477–1549 Siena)
  • Date: early–mid-16th century
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, black chalk (verso)
  • Dimensions: 10 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (26.4 x 18.4 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.421
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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