Saint Sebastian is the subject of three paintings by the Italian Early Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna. The Paduan artist lived in a period of frequent plagues; Sebastian was considered protector a
c. 1470, Vienna
The rider in the cloud of the Vienna Saint Sebastian
Andrea Mantegna was an Italian Renaissance painter, a student of Roman archaeology, and the son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini.
Saint Sebastian (Mantegna)
…Saint Sebastian is the subject of three paintings by the Italian Early Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna. The Paduan artist lived in a period of frequent plagues; Sebastian was considered protector against the plague as he had been shot through by arrows…
St. Sebastian, 1480; panel; Musée du Louvre
The Agony in the Garden (1459) National Gallery, London, is the pinnacle of Mantegna's early style
Christ as the Suffering Redeemer. Christ resurrecting, depicted according to Luke 24:1–2, praising the Lord with a hymn (c. 1488–1500)
Judith and Holofernes, by Andrea Mantegna or possibly Giulio Campagnola, c. 1495