Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene (Georges de La Tour, Gemäldegalerie) explained

Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene
Artist:Georges de La Tour
Year:c. 1634–1643
Medium:oil on canvas
Height Metric:160
Width Metric:129
Museum:Gemäldegalerie
City:Berlin

Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene is a c. 1634–1643 oil-on-canvas painting of Saint Sebastian having his wounds tended by Saint Irene, which suddenly became a popular subject in the 1620s. It is now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.[1] [2]

It was previously thought to be the original composition of the subject by Georges de La Tour, but that is now thought to be the version of the work in the Louvre, with the Berlin work being a copy by his son Etienne with some retouching by Georges.

References

  1. Andreas Prater, “El Barroco” en Los maestros de la pintura occidental, Taschen, 2005, pág. 242,
  2. Web site: Die Auffindung des Heiligen Sebastian . 2024-05-07 . Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums) . de.

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