Saint Sebastian (Ribera, Madrid) Explained

Saint Sebastian is a 1636 oil on canvas painting by Jusepe de Ribera. Its composition was later reprised for a work now in Naples.^[1] It was first recorded in the Spanish royal collection in 1747 and it is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.^[2]

References

1. Jonathan Brown, 'Notes on Princeton Drawings 6: Jusepe de Ribera', Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, Vol. 31, No. 2 (1972), pp. 2-7
2. Web site: Catalogue entry.

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