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Gallery. Engraved by Ch. de Méchel; J. H. Lips; W. Peare. Sketch at Christ Church, Oxford.—Guiffrey, 252; Smith, iii. 16; Eastlake, Notes, 67.

St. Sebastian, Anton van Dyck, Louvre, Paris.

By Guercino, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; canvas, H. 5 ft. 3 in. × 5 ft. 6 in. St. Sebastian, nearly nude, kneeling on one knee, with eyes upraised, one hand on breast, in the other holds two arrows. Painted in 1652 for Cardinal Macchiavelli. Engraved by Giovanni Folo; Pasqualini (1628); Bonafede.—Gal. du Pal. Pitti, ii. Pl. 20; Lavice, 60.

By Guido Reni, Bologna Gallery; canvas, H. 7 ft. 2 in. × 4 ft. 2 in. The saint, nude, his hands tied behind to a tree, gazing upwards. Sketch, far advanced. Formerly in sacristy of SS. Salvatore, Bologna. Engraved by G. Asioli. Similar picture in Madrid Museum; engraved by Bartsch; F. Gregori.—Pinac. di Bologna, Pl. 31; Lavice, 12.

By Guido Reni, Dulwich Gallery, England; H. 5 ft. 6 in. × 4 ft. 3 in. Life-size, nearly whole-length figure, with narrow white scarf round hips, hands behind back, tied to a tree, head raised; to right, in distance, four soldiers; barren landscape; dark sky. Said to have been formerly in Palazzo Barberini, Rome.

By Guido Reni, Louvre; canvas, H. 3 ft. 10 in. × 4 ft. 3 in. St. Sebastian, his arms tied behind to a tree and his body pierced with an arrow, turns his eyes towards heaven; in the background, Roman soldiers leaving. Belonged to Cardinal Mazarin; bought for Louis XIV. in 1670. Many copies and repetitions in manner of Guercino.—Filhol, vi. Pl. 467; Landon, Musée, xii. Pl. 35; Villot, Cat. Louvre.

By Andrea Mantegna, Vienna Museum; wood, 2 ft. 1 in. × 11 in.; signed. The saint, pierced with arrows, in front of a round arch, with fragments of sculpture and two marble figures of boys on parti-coloured floor.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 387; Mündler, 137.

St. Sebastian, Guido Reni, Louvre, Paris.

By Antonio Pollajuolo, National Gallery, London; wood, H. 9 ft. 7 in. × 6 ft. 6 in. The saint, bound on high to a tree, is shot at by archers; background, a landscape with horsemen. Painted in 1475 for Antonio Pucci, for family chapel in SS. Annun-

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