Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Day Auction
Saint Sebastian tended by Saint Irene and an angel
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Sebastiano Folli
Siena c. 1569–1622
Saint Sebastian tended by Saint Irene and an angel
oil on canvas
unframed: 118.1 x 94 cm.; 46½ x 37 in.
framed: 140.5 x 115.3 cm.; 55¼ x 45⅜ in.
Art market, France;
Where acquired by the present owner.
This depiction of Saint Sebastian – particularly his posture, torso and the foreshortening of his legs – is highly comparable to Folli's presentation of Susanna in his Susanna and the Elders at the Villa Brandi, Vignano, Siena.1
We are grateful to Dott. Marco Ciampolini for proposing the attribution to Sebastiano Folli on the basis of digital images.
1 M. Ciampolini, Pittori senesi del Seicento, Siena 2010, vol. I, p. 165, reproduced.
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