Padre Sebastiano Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Singer Sargent - Padre Sebastiano - The Met. 2016-09-01. 2016-09-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914223951/http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12153. live.