Saturday, August 6, 2011

Middle Aged

There are instances in which St. Sebastian is portrayed far from the ideal. The Renaissance, High Renaissance or Mannerist model of physical perfection gives way to a paunchy representation as portrayed by Hendrick Goltzius (1590) (See: Figure 206), or decidedly middle aged as seen in Albrecht Durer's 1501 version (See: Figure 179), matched with the 1507 Hans Baldung Grien saint (See: Figure 154).

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