Padre Sebastiano | |
Artist: | John Singer Sargent |
Year: | c. 1904–06 |
Material: | Oil on canvas |
Height Metric: | 56.5 |
Width Metric: | 71.1 |
City: | New York |
Museum: | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Accession: | 11.30 |
Padre Sebastiano is a 1904–1906 painting by John Singer Sargent. It is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]
The painting depicts Father Sebastiano, an Italian priest whom the artist met in Giomein, a village in the Italian Alps. The subject had a serious interest in botany, hence the wild flowers.[1]
The work is on view in the Metropolitan Museum's Gallery 770.[1]