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St. Sebastian succoured by two angels, by Guercino

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An image of St. Sebastian succoured by two angels. Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco (Il Guercino), (Italian, 1591-1666). Oil on copper, height 43.0 cm, width 32.5 cm, 1617. From the Bartlett and the Cunliffe funds with contributions from Sir Denis Mahon, through the National Art-Collections Fund, the Pilgrim Trust, the Museum and Galleries Commisssion / Victoria Albert Museum Fund and the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

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St. Sebastian succoured by two angels. Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco (Il Guercino), (Italian, 1591-1666). Oil on copper, height 43.0 cm, width 32.5 cm, 1617. From the Bartlett and the Cunliffe funds with contributions from Sir Denis Mahon, through the National Art-Collections Fund, the Pilgrim Trust, the Museum and Galleries Commisssion / Victoria Albert Museum Fund and the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

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  • Accession Number: PD.216-1994
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/14.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 787 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 641.79kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 14/1
  • Captured: 2014:11:19 09:26:44

Key words

17th Century _WF_ArtFund angels arrows Baroque bleeding blood Bolognese School breasts Catholic Fitz_PDP Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Guercino injured injury Italian male martyrdom martyred martyrs oil on copper painting religion religious Saint Sebastian saints St Sebastian succour winged wings

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