Saint Sebastian being succoured by a surgeon and others. Oil painting after Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, il Guercino.

  • Guercino
Reference:
44818i
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Description

On the left, a woman squeezes a sponge into a bowl supported by younger woman; the woman with the sponge is probably to be interpreted as saint Irene. On the right, there is a balancing scene with two men: a man wearing the hat of a doctor or guild master treats Saint Sebastian's arm with a surgical probe or extractor, while the saint's head is supported by a younger man (perhaps to be understood as a surgeon's apprentice)

Physical description

1 painting : oil on canvas ; sight 63 x 79 cm

Contributors

Related material

Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/62/90

References note

Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, Soprintendenza alle Gallerie di Bologna, Nuove acquisizioni per i musei dello stato 1966-1971, Bologna 1971, pp. 54-58 (the painting in Bologna)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 44818i

Reproduction note

After: a larger painting by Guercino in the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna

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