St. Sebastian Succoured by Holy Women

1851-1874

168 cm 257.8 cm

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Two Christian women, Irene and a companion, extract arrows from Sebastian, who has been left for dead by the Roman emperor Diocletian's archers. Sebastian miraculously recovered, only to be clubbed to death later. In Corot's painting, Sebastian's approaching sainthood and mart...

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""Loterie au profit des Orphelins des victims de la guerre,"" 1871, by gift [donation by the artist]; Alfred Robaut and Durand-Ruel, 1871, by purchase; Samuel Barlow, Stakehill, Lancashire, 1825-1893 [mode of acquisition unknown]; William T. Walters, Baltimore, August 11, 1883, by purchase [Tom Wallis, London, as agent; see Lucas diaries]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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