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Spanish reliquary from the 17th century."Saint Sebastian".Carved, polychromed and gilded wood.It
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Spanish reliquary from the 17th century.
"Saint Sebastian".
Carved, polychromed and gilded wood.
It presents damages and repainting.
Measurements: 36 x 17 x 33 cm.
Reliquary in carved and polychrome wood representing the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, with the bust of the saint tied by the hands to a tree, with several arrows stuck in his body (now lost). The saint is depicted as a young man of idealised beauty, whose serene face reflects his submissive acceptance of his martyrdom. His torso has the hole intended to hold the relic, with a gilded border of distinctly Baroque scrolls.
Reliquaries of this type were somewhat common from the Gothic period onwards, usually referred to as "testas" in documentation contemporary to their production and used to contain relics of the head, as carvings of arms, etc. were used for relics from other parts of the saint's body. It should be remembered, however, that at that time practically any item that had been in contact with the saint or his mortal remains (cloths, burial soil, etc.) was considered to be a sacred relic. The best examples were made of precious metals, but specimens such as the present one were also highly valued, both for their container and, above all, for their content. The evolution of the centuries can be seen in the details of the carvings.
Saint Sebastian (Narbonne, 256 - Rome, 288) was a soldier in the Roman army during the reign of Emperor Diocletian, who appointed him head of the first cohort of the Praetorian Guard until he discovered that he was a Christian. When the saint refused to convert, he was condemned to death: the soldiers tied him to a post and flogged him, leaving him for dead; his friends found him still alive and a Christian noblewoman, Irene, cured him; Sebastian returned to the emperor, reproaching him for his treatment of Christians, condemning him again to be flogged, this time killing him. In art, his depictions are frequent, usually with arrows in his body and bound.
"Saint Sebastian".
Carved, polychromed and gilded wood.
It presents damages and repainting.
Measurements: 36 x 17 x 33 cm.
Reliquary in carved and polychrome wood representing the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, with the bust of the saint tied by the hands to a tree, with several arrows stuck in his body (now lost). The saint is depicted as a young man of idealised beauty, whose serene face reflects his submissive acceptance of his martyrdom. His torso has the hole intended to hold the relic, with a gilded border of distinctly Baroque scrolls.
Reliquaries of this type were somewhat common from the Gothic period onwards, usually referred to as "testas" in documentation contemporary to their production and used to contain relics of the head, as carvings of arms, etc. were used for relics from other parts of the saint's body. It should be remembered, however, that at that time practically any item that had been in contact with the saint or his mortal remains (cloths, burial soil, etc.) was considered to be a sacred relic. The best examples were made of precious metals, but specimens such as the present one were also highly valued, both for their container and, above all, for their content. The evolution of the centuries can be seen in the details of the carvings.
Saint Sebastian (Narbonne, 256 - Rome, 288) was a soldier in the Roman army during the reign of Emperor Diocletian, who appointed him head of the first cohort of the Praetorian Guard until he discovered that he was a Christian. When the saint refused to convert, he was condemned to death: the soldiers tied him to a post and flogged him, leaving him for dead; his friends found him still alive and a Christian noblewoman, Irene, cured him; Sebastian returned to the emperor, reproaching him for his treatment of Christians, condemning him again to be flogged, this time killing him. In art, his depictions are frequent, usually with arrows in his body and bound.
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Spanish reliquary from the 17th century.
"Saint Sebastian".
Carved, polychromed and gilded wood.
It presents damages and repainting.
Measurements: 36 x 17 x 33 cm.
Reliquary in carved and polychrome wood representing the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, with the bust of the saint tied by the hands to a tree, with several arrows stuck in his body (now lost). The saint is depicted as a young man of idealised beauty, whose serene face reflects his submissive acceptance of his martyrdom. His torso has the hole intended to hold the relic, with a gilded border of distinctly Baroque scrolls.
Reliquaries of this type were somewhat common from the Gothic period onwards, usually referred to as "testas" in documentation contemporary to their production and used to contain relics of the head, as carvings of arms, etc. were used for relics from other parts of the saint's body. It should be remembered, however, that at that time practically any item that had been in contact with the saint or his mortal remains (cloths, burial soil, etc.) was considered to be a sacred relic. The best examples were made of precious metals, but specimens such as the present one were also highly valued, both for their container and, above all, for their content. The evolution of the centuries can be seen in the details of the carvings.
Saint Sebastian (Narbonne, 256 - Rome, 288) was a soldier in the Roman army during the reign of Emperor Diocletian, who appointed him head of the first cohort of the Praetorian Guard until he discovered that he was a Christian. When the saint refused to convert, he was condemned to death: the soldiers tied him to a post and flogged him, leaving him for dead; his friends found him still alive and a Christian noblewoman, Irene, cured him; Sebastian returned to the emperor, reproaching him for his treatment of Christians, condemning him again to be flogged, this time killing him. In art, his depictions are frequent, usually with arrows in his body and bound.
"Saint Sebastian".
Carved, polychromed and gilded wood.
It presents damages and repainting.
Measurements: 36 x 17 x 33 cm.
Reliquary in carved and polychrome wood representing the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, with the bust of the saint tied by the hands to a tree, with several arrows stuck in his body (now lost). The saint is depicted as a young man of idealised beauty, whose serene face reflects his submissive acceptance of his martyrdom. His torso has the hole intended to hold the relic, with a gilded border of distinctly Baroque scrolls.
Reliquaries of this type were somewhat common from the Gothic period onwards, usually referred to as "testas" in documentation contemporary to their production and used to contain relics of the head, as carvings of arms, etc. were used for relics from other parts of the saint's body. It should be remembered, however, that at that time practically any item that had been in contact with the saint or his mortal remains (cloths, burial soil, etc.) was considered to be a sacred relic. The best examples were made of precious metals, but specimens such as the present one were also highly valued, both for their container and, above all, for their content. The evolution of the centuries can be seen in the details of the carvings.
Saint Sebastian (Narbonne, 256 - Rome, 288) was a soldier in the Roman army during the reign of Emperor Diocletian, who appointed him head of the first cohort of the Praetorian Guard until he discovered that he was a Christian. When the saint refused to convert, he was condemned to death: the soldiers tied him to a post and flogged him, leaving him for dead; his friends found him still alive and a Christian noblewoman, Irene, cured him; Sebastian returned to the emperor, reproaching him for his treatment of Christians, condemning him again to be flogged, this time killing him. In art, his depictions are frequent, usually with arrows in his body and bound.
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