Sculpture

Saint Sebastian

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1640
Accession number: 2007.17.13
Maker: Unknown, German, 17th Century(Opens in new tab) (German)
Dimensions: height: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm.)
Medium: boxwood
Description: This sculpture portrays the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, a Christian saint and martyr who was tied to a tree and shot with arrows.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of the Ernst and Marta Silten-Friedberg Collection
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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