Saint Sebastian (recto); sketches of a male head and a standing figure in a short cape; a copy of the figure on the recto (verso)

Follower of Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) Italian

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This sheet may have served as a preparatory study for the figure of Saint Sebastian in a painting, God the Father and Saints, in the church of San Domenico, Siena. In the painting, the serpentine figure of Saint Sebastian is similarly posed with his arms bound to a tree. Both works may be attributed to a follower of the Sienese artist Sodoma.

Saint Sebastian (recto); sketches of a male head and a standing figure in a short cape; a copy of the figure on the recto (verso), Follower of Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) (Italian, Vercelli 1477–1549 Siena), Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, black chalk (verso)

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Saint Sebastian (recto); sketches of a male head and a standing figure in a short cape; a copy of the figure on the recto (verso), Follower of Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) (Italian, Vercelli 1477–1549 Siena), Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, black chalk (verso)
Saint Sebastian (recto); sketches of a male head and a standing figure in a short cape; a copy of the figure on the recto (verso), Follower of Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) (Italian, Vercelli 1477–1549 Siena), Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, black chalk (verso)
Saint Sebastian (recto); sketches of a male head and a standing figure in a short cape; a copy of the figure on the recto (verso), Follower of Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) (Italian, Vercelli 1477–1549 Siena), Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, black chalk (verso)
Saint Sebastian (recto); sketches of a male head and a standing figure in a short cape; a copy of the figure on the recto (verso), Follower of Sodoma (Giovanni Antonio Bazzi) (Italian, Vercelli 1477–1549 Siena), Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, black chalk (verso)

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