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| Keywords: Antonio Rimpacta - Saint Sebastian - Walters 37469.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Antonio Rimpacta Saint Sebastian was a Roman commander who according to legend was executed under Emperor Diocletian 284-305 for being a Christian First soldiers attempted to kill him by shooting him with arrows but he miraculously survived He was then beaten to death In Rimpatta's image the soldiers depart in the background thinking they have killed the saint He is depicted in a beautiful landscape perhaps to show us that through his faith and sufferings he has entered Paradise Sebastian was among the saints who were believed to protect people from the plague The painting is probably an ex-voto an image commissioned in gratitude for protection against the disease and dedicated to the saint by the wealthy kneeling woman in the foreground who has placed herself and her children under his protection Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 135 202-203 ca 1505 early Renaissance oil tooled gold panel Painted surface cm 99 74 7 ; Panel H 39 x W 30 x D excluding cradle 3/8 in 99 x 76 2 x 1 cm accession number 37 469 38921 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Bologna Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Antonio Rimpacta Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
