Saint Sebastian and the Angel is a painting by Gustave Moreau, dated by the Harvard Art Museums to about 1876. The museum also records the original-language title Saint Sébastien Baptisé Martyr and the alternate title The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian / Saint Sebastian. It is oil on panel, measuring 69.5 by 39.7 centimeters, or 27 3/8 by 15 5/8 inches; the framed dimensions are 83.2 by 54 by 6.4 centimeters. [1]
Harvard’s description places a winged figure beside the standing Sebastian. Light draws attention to this pair, while two figures near Sebastian’s feet remain in shadow. Above them, the museum describes a floating cross with a red, liquid-like appearance. [1]
Harvard lists the painting in the Paris Salon of 1876. Its later exhibition history includes the 1906 Moreau exhibition at Galerie Georges Petit in Paris and Moreau and Monticelli at the Busch-Reisinger Museum in 1960. [1]
artist: Gustave Moreau; date: c. 1876; medium: Oil on panel; dimensions: 69.5 × 39.7 cm (27 3/8 × 15 5/8 in.) framed: 83.2 × 54 × 6.4 cm (32 3/4 × 21 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.); credit: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthro
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St. Sebastian and the Angel is an oil painting by Gustave Moreau, c. 1876, held at Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum.
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