{"id":17572,"title":"The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian","dimensions":"199.7 x 105.5 cm","date_begin":"1650-01-01","material":"oil on canvas","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":9,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Private Collection | Courtesy of the National Museum of History and Art Luxembourg\u000bKoninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (2021)","cached_tag_list":"barok","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":"1655-01-01","reference":"","stream_count_app":21,"permalink":"saint-sebastian","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/038/425/medium_500/Zurbaran_SaintSebastian2.jpg?1521820104","cached_actor_names":"Francisco de Zurbarán","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Painting","nl":"Schilderij","fr":"Peinture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/038/425/large/Zurbaran_SaintSebastian2.jpg?1521820104","poster_credits":"image: (c) MNHA / Tom Lucas, Private Collection, Private Collection | Courtesy of the National Museum of History and Art Luxembourg, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen (2021)","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eSebastian was a captain of the Praetorian Guard who was to protect the Roman emperor Diocletan. When the Emperor discovered that Sebastian had converted to Christianity, he had him tied to a tree stump and shot at by archers. They left him for dead. Saint Irene of Rome found Sebastian barely alive, but nursed him back to health. Once recovered, Sebastian decided to accuse the Emperor personally for the persecution of the faith and the atrocities committed. Following this moral reprimand, he was beaten to death with cudgels by imperial order. This happened in the year 288.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eSince the sixth century, artists have portrayed the pierced and often writhing body of Sebastian. Believers attributed powers to Sebastian previously attributed to Apollo \u0026ndash; the Greek god and archer was known to punish with pestilence, but also that he could make the plague disappear again. The worship of the saint increased rapidly in densely populated cities and regions that were repeatedly hit by epidemics. This was also the case in Andalusia, where he was worshipped together with Saint Roch by victims of bubonic plague and cholera.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIt is suspected that Zurbar\u0026aacute;n painted this impressive canvas for the San Agust\u0026iacute;n Monastery in Seville, the most important home and care centre of the Augustinian Order in the region. The saint clearly stands out against the sombre sky and the desolate landscape and can be recognized in a ward or a prayer room from a great distance. Zurbar\u0026aacute;n gave the saint remarkably individual facial features.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nText: Nico Van Hout, 2018\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eSebastiaan was kapitein bij de Praetoriaanse wacht die de Romeinse keizer Diocletanus moest beschermen. Toen de keizer ontdekte dat Sebastiaan zich tot het Christendom had bekeerd, liet die hem aan een boomstronk vastbinden en door boogschutters beschieten. Ze lieten hem voor dood achter. De heilige Irene van Rome trof Sebastiaan amper levend aan, maar bracht hem er door haar zorgen weer bovenop. Eens hersteld, besloot Sebastiaan de keizer persoonlijk voor de geloofsvervolgingen en gruwelijkheden aan te klagen. Als gevolg van die morele terechtwijzing werd hij daarna op keizerlijk bevel doodgeknuppeld in het jaar 288.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eSinds de zesde eeuw beelden kunstenaars het met pijlen doorboorde en veelal kronkelende lichaam van Sebastiaan uit. Gelovigen kenden Sebastiaan krachten toe die men voorheen aan Apollo had toegedicht \u0026ndash; van de Griekse god en boogschutter was bekend dat hij met pest strafte, maar ook dat hij de plaag weer even snel kon doen verdwijnen. De verering van de heilige nam snel toe in dichtbevolkte steden en streken die herhaaldelijk door epidemie\u0026euml;n werden getroffen. Zo ook in Andalusi\u0026euml;, waar hij samen met de heilige Rochus door slachtoffers van builenpest en cholera werd aanbeden.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eVermoed wordt dat Zurbar\u0026aacute;n dit indrukwekkende doek schilderde voor het San Agust\u0026iacute;n-klooster in Sevilla, het belangrijkste huis en zorgcentrum van de augustijnenorde in de regio. De heilige tekent zich duidelijk tegen de sombere hemel en het desolate landschap af en valt in een ziekenzaal of een gebedsruimte van op grote afstand te herkennen. Zurbar\u0026aacute;n gaf de heilige opmerkelijk individuele gelaatskenmerken.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nTekst: Nico Van Hout, 2018\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eS\u0026eacute;bastien \u0026eacute;tait capitaine de la garde pr\u0026eacute;torienne qui devait prot\u0026eacute;ger l\u0026rsquo;empereur romain Diocl\u0026eacute;tien. Lorsque l\u0026rsquo;empereur d\u0026eacute;couvre que S\u0026eacute;bastien s\u0026rsquo;est converti au christianisme, il le fait attacher \u0026agrave; un arbre et commande aux archers de le percer de fl\u0026egrave;ches. Ceux-ci s\u0026rsquo;ex\u0026eacute;cutent et le laissent pour mort. Sainte Ir\u0026egrave;ne de Rome trouve S\u0026eacute;bastien \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;agonie et lui prodigue des soins qui le remettent miraculeusement sur pied. Une fois gu\u0026eacute;ri, S\u0026eacute;bastien d\u0026eacute;nonce les pers\u0026eacute;cutions religieuses et les atrocit\u0026eacute;s commises par l\u0026rsquo;empereur. En r\u0026eacute;ponse \u0026agrave; cette admonestation morale, Diocl\u0026eacute;tien ordonne sa mise \u0026agrave; mort par coups de verges. Ceci s\u0026rsquo;est d\u0026eacute;roul\u0026eacute; en l\u0026rsquo;an\u0026nbsp;288.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDepuis le VI\u003csup\u003ee\u003c/sup\u003e\u0026nbsp;si\u0026egrave;cle, les artistes repr\u0026eacute;sentent le corps de S\u0026eacute;bastien transperc\u0026eacute; de fl\u0026egrave;ches, souvent dans une posture debout et d\u0026eacute;hanch\u0026eacute;e. Les croyants attribuaient \u0026agrave; S\u0026eacute;bastien des forces qu\u0026rsquo;on pr\u0026ecirc;tait autrefois \u0026agrave; Apollon \u0026ndash; le dieu grec et archer c\u0026eacute;l\u0026egrave;bre pour frapper de la peste ceux qu\u0026rsquo;il punit, mais pouvant aussi rapidement faire dispara\u0026icirc;tre l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;pid\u0026eacute;mie. La d\u0026eacute;votion du saint s\u0026rsquo;est rapidement diffus\u0026eacute;e \u0026agrave; travers les villes et r\u0026eacute;gions dens\u0026eacute;ment peupl\u0026eacute;es o\u0026ugrave; s\u0026eacute;vissaient des \u0026eacute;pid\u0026eacute;mies \u0026agrave; r\u0026eacute;p\u0026eacute;tition. Il en fut de m\u0026ecirc;me en Andalousie, o\u0026ugrave; les victimes de la peste bubonique et du chol\u0026eacute;ra vouaient une adoration \u0026agrave; saint S\u0026eacute;bastien et \u0026agrave; saint Roch.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eOn suppose que Zurbar\u0026aacute;n a peint ce tableau impressionnant pour le monast\u0026egrave;re San Agust\u0026iacute;n \u0026agrave; S\u0026eacute;ville, le principal \u0026eacute;difice et \u0026eacute;tablissement de soins de l\u0026rsquo;ordre des Augustins dans la r\u0026eacute;gion. Le saint se d\u0026eacute;tache clairement sur fond de ciel sombre et de paysage abandonn\u0026eacute;. Dans une salle commune d\u0026rsquo;un hospice ou dans une salle de pri\u0026egrave;re, il se reconna\u0026icirc;t de loin. Zurbar\u0026aacute;n a attribu\u0026eacute; au visage du saint des traits individuels tr\u0026egrave;s caract\u0026eacute;ristiques.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nTexte: Nico Van Hout, 2018\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":3108,"name":"Francisco de Zurbarán","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}