Saint Sebastian, unknown maker from Southern Netherlands

Artwork Overview

Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian
Saint Sebastian
late 1400s
Saint Sebastian , late 1400s
Where object was made: Southern Netherlands (present-day Belgium)
Material/technique: lead; wood
Dimensions:
Object Height (Height): 10.5 cm
Object Height (Height): 4 1/8 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1970.0005
On display: Brosseau Learning Center
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Empire of Things
This sculpture was created as a model for work in precious metals. The rough carved lines that define the form can be seen in the long grooved channel along the backside. Saint Sebastian was an early Christian martyr, often depicted tied to a tree and shot with arrows.
Cabinet of Curiosities
This sculpture was created as a model for work in precious metals. The rough carved lines that define the form can be seen in the long grooved channel along the backside. Saint Sebastian was an early Christian martyr, often depicted tied to a tree and shot with arrows.
Empire of Things
This sculpture was created as a model for work in precious metals. The rough carved lines that define the form can be seen in the long grooved channel along the backside. Saint Sebastian was an early Christian martyr, often depicted tied to a tree and shot with arrows.
Empire of Things
This sculpture was created as a model for work in precious metals. The rough carved lines that define the form can be seen in the long grooved channel along the backside. Saint Sebastian was an early Christian martyr, often depicted tied to a tree and shot with arrows.

Exhibitions

Brosseau Center for Learning: Let’s Get Medieval
Kate Meyer, curator
2025
Empire of Things
Kris Ercums, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
2016–2021
Empire of Things
Kris Ercums, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
2013–2015
From the Collection of the University of Kansas
1971

Citations

Youle, Randolph A., and John W. Ittmans, Charles C. Eldredge. From the Collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Art, April 15 - June 13, 1971. Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 1971.

Broun, Elizabeth. Handbook of the Collection: Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art. Lawrence, Kansas: Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, 1978.