Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene (Hendrick ter Brugghen)
Painting by Hendrick ter Brugghen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene is an oil-on-canvas painting by Hendrick ter Brugghen dated to 1625. Now in the Allen Memorial Art Museum of Oberlin, Ohio, the piece depicts the Roman Catholic subject of Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene, after Irene of Rome and her maid rescued him following his attempted martyrdom by the Roman authorities.[1] An exemplary piece of the Italianate Baroque tendency in Dutch Golden Age painting, the painting employs dramatic uses of light and skillful chiaroscuro to depict its religious subject, evidence of influence from Caravaggio and Ter Brugghen's fellow Utrecht Caravaggisti.
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Artist | Hendrick ter Brugghen |
Year | 1625 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 149 cm × 119.4 cm (49 in × 16 in) |
Location | Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin |
Website | oberlin.edu |
It was described by Seymour Slive as Ter Brugghen's "masterpiece": "the large, full, forms of the group have been knit together into a magnificent design, and what could have been hard and sculptural is remarkably softened by the soft, silvery light which plays over Sebastian's half-dead, olive-grey body as well as the reds, creamy whites, and plum colours worn by the women who tend the saint".[2]