 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "San Sebastiano Madonna" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(September 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
TheSan Sebastiano Madonna is an oil-on-canvas painting by theItalian Renaissance masterCorreggio, dating to around 1524 and now in theGemäldegalerie Alte Meister inDresden. It measures 265 by 161 cm.[1]
It was commissioned by the confraternity of Saint Sebastian (San Sebastiano) inModena, probably viasodalist Francesco Grillenzoni, whoVasari recorded as "a very close friend of Correggio" and owner ofThe Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine.Saint Roch's presence on the right suggests the commission was linked to a plague, probably that in Modena in 1523, leading to a painting date in 1524.[2] Vasari briefly mentions it in its original site. In the 17th centuryFrancesco I d'Este took it for his own gallery, where it was admired by Francesco Scannelli. Like most of the d'Este collection it was bought in August 1746 byAugustus III of Saxony, who took it to Dresden.
It became famous early on, as shown by copies in print byCarlo Bertelli[3] and in paint byFederico Zuccari.[4]
_School_-_Portrait_of_a_Lady_-_NG631_-_National_Gallery_01.jpg) | This article about a 1520s painting is astub. You can help Wikipedia byadding missing information. |