Saint Sebastian

Gerolamo Giovenone Italian

ca. 1525

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Title: Saint Sebastian
Artist: Gerolamo Giovenone (Italian, Barengo ca. 1490–1555 Vercelli)
Date: ca. 1525
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush with gray and brown wash, white gouache, over some black chalk on light brown paper; the figure and parts of the tree are drawn on the basis of a dotted black-chalk underdrawing (spolvero marks).
Dimensions: Sheet: 20 3/16 × 13 7/16 in. (51.3 × 34.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2018
Object Number: 2018.553
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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