Saint Sebastian

Prints and Drawings

1500/10

Nicoletto da Modena
Italian, active c. 1500–c. 1520

Nicoletto da Modena is best known for his idiosyncratic prints and engravings. His works are rendered in a style characterized by delicate cross-hatching and purity of line, with some similarity to the Ferrarese Tarocchi cards. Here the martyr Saint Sebastian is lashed rather serenely to a decorative column in a landscape setting with ancient ruins. Nicoletto often used a burr to produce the decorated surface effects, best seen in the darker areas of the ceiling architecture.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Nicoletto da Modena
Title: Saint Sebastian
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1500–1510
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 14.9 × 10.3 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
Reference Number: 1956.1046
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Bartsch, illustrated 2508.045 only

Hind V.50

Passavant V.96.79

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