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Maker(s):Caylus, Anne-Claude-Philippe de; Le Sueur, Nicolas (printer); Seiter, Daniel, after
Culture:French (1692-1765); French (1691-1764); Austrian, active in Italy (1649-1705)
Title:Saint Sebastien
Date Made:1720-1729 plate; 1729 print
Type:Print
Materials:Copper plate etching and chiaroscuro woodcut; ink on paper
Place Made:Europe; France; Paris
Measurements:Mat: 24 in x 20 in; 61 cm x 50.8 cm; Sheet: 21 in x 15 7/16 in; 53.3 cm x 39.2 cm; Plate: 10 1/2 in x 6 3/8 in; 26.7 cm x 16.2 cm; Image: 10 1/4 in x 6 1/8 in; 26 cm x 15.6 cm
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTIONS: recto, lwr. ctr. (etched, within plate): Saint Sébastien / D'apres le dessein / du Chevalier Daniel Saiter, qui est dans / le Cabinet de Mr. Crozat. / Gravé à l'eau forte par Mr. le C.. de C.. et en boise par Nicolas le Sueur ; recto, lwr. r. (etched, within plate): 129
Accession Number:  MH 2010.13.1
Credit Line:Purchase with the John Martyn Warbeke Art Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
In center a young man sits on the floor and is propped against a seated figure. To the left a bearded man examines an arrow in the central figure's side. Several women stand in background looking on, two are holding bandages and one illuminates the scene with a giant candle. In the foreground to the right is a pitcher and basin.

Sebastien; Sebastian; Irene; saint; martyr

Subjects:
Etching; Wood-engraving; Copper

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