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, and it was thought that plague spread abroad through the air.In his long stay in Mantua, Mantegna resided near the San Sebastiano church dedicated to Saint Sebastian. The three paintings are held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, the Louvre in Paris, and the Ca' d'Oro in Venice.

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