VENETIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1600 The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
oil on copper
15 ½ x 12 in. (39.4 x 30.5 cm.)
VENETIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1600 The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
oil on copper
15 ½ x 12 in. (39.4 x 30.5 cm.)
Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, 16 June 2009, lot 73, as 'Circle Of Jacopo Palma il Giovane', where acquired by Alice and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
The present work is after Hans von Aachen's altarpiece depicting the Martyrdom ofSaint Sebastian, engraved by Jan Muller in circa 1600 and widely disseminated and copied. See lot 12 for a sketch by von Aachen for the finished altarpiece.
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