St. Sebastian
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 14 3/16 in. × 9 in. (36 × 22.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Accession Number
53.600.1452
Art Historical Context
This etching and engraving, titled *St. Sebastian*, is associated with artists Edmé Jeaurat and Jules Christophe. The undated print, with its sheet trimmed to about 14 by 9 inches, belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Drawings and Prints collection, acquired in 1953 through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund. It presents a classic religious subject through the precise, linear qualities of traditional printmaking. Saint Sebastian, a Christian martyr, has long inspired artists as a symbol of unwavering faith in the face of persecution. Typically shown as a youthful figure bound and pierced by...
About the Artist
Edmé Jeaurat|Jules Christophe (French|French) · 1684 |1688 –1721 |1738
French, Valenciennes 1684–1721 Nogent-sur-Marne|French, Vermenton 1688–1738 Paris