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Here, the saint seems more like a classical statue than a living figure. Cima must have been aware of Tullio Lombardo’s famous Adam (made around 1490–5), the first nude marble statue sculpted since antiquity; he has replicated the figure’s stance, curly hair and slightly vacant expression almost precisely.
This painting is one of two in the National Gallery’s collection which must have formed the side panels of a multi-panelled altarpiece, but we are not sure when they were made, or where for.
Title
Saint Sebastian
Date
about 1500
Medium
Oil on wood
Measurements
H 103.2 x W 40.6 cm
Accession number
NG4946
Acquisition method
Mond Bequest, 1924; entered the Collection in 1938
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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