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Saint Sebastian pierced with arrows and tied to a tree, copy after Cantarini
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Saint Sebastian pierced with arrows and tied to a tree, copy after Cantarini

ca. 1639 or after

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 7 1/2 × 4 15/16 in. (19.1 × 12.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Simone Cantarini

1612–1648

He was one of the most eminent pupils of Guido Reni and one of the most gifted engravers in the tradition of the Carracci. He had a strong personality and developed a highly original style, which united aspects of Bolognese classicism with a bold naturalism. Comment on works: Religious