Minneapolis Institute of Art
St. Sebastian Tied to a Column
Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-840f7214ff34
- Date
- c. 1498–99
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 47516
From LinkedCulture
This engraving is barely larger than a playing card, yet Albrecht Dürer packed it with the anatomical ambition of a full-scale painting. Made around 1498 to 1499, it shows Saint Sebastian nearly frontal, his curling hair framing a composed face tilted upward, three arrows piercing his temple, chest, and abdomen, his wrists bound behind a column. Dürer had just returned from Italy, and this tiny print was his proof that northern European engraving could match the classical idealism he had witnessed there.
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Germany, Europe Dimensions: 4 3/16 x 2 15/16 in. (10.64 x 7.46 cm) (image)
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- Credit line
- The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
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