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Saint Sebastian Bound for Martyrdom

Image credit: National Trust Images

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Saint Sebastian was a third-century Christian martyr and a member of the Roman Emperor Diocletian's guard. He survived the first attempt on his life with arrows and was beaten to death with clubs, after which his body was thrown into the Roman sewers.

The painting is a copy after van Dyck's picture (in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich), which was painted early on in his time in Italy in 1622/1623. Saint Sebastian is popular as an intercessor against the plague (of which arrows from heaven were a symbol). Van Dyck's composition is unusual as the Saint is more commonly shown pierced with arrows.

National Trust, Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

near Chippenham

Title

Saint Sebastian Bound for Martyrdom

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 200.5 x W 153.5 cm

Accession number

996271

Acquisition method

gift from Matilda Theresa Talbot (formerly Gilchrist-Clark), 1948

Work type

Painting

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National Trust, Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

Lacock, near Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 2PG England

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