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Painting of Saint Sebastian, nude and bound to a post, with arrows piercing his body against a landscape with hills and a pale sky.

Saint Sebastian Tied to a Post, Pierced by Arrows

A nude male saint, with a golden halo and tousled hair, stands bound to a tree trunk while arrows pierce his torso, arms, and legs. A loincloth covers his hips, and a rocky landscape with hills and a pale sky lies behind him. The painted panel shows a calm, frontal composition with an unhurried, devotional tone.

Artist
attributed to Francesco Bonsignori
Date
1470-1490
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
1584 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1490.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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