Saint Sebastian

San Sebastiano
Author: 

Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 - 1642)

Type: 
Painting
Year: 
1615-1616
Material and technique: 
oil on canvas
Size: 
cm 128 x 98
Origin: 
Pio Collection
Inventory: 
Inv. PC 145

Opere del percorso

The hall

Sala VI - La pittura a Bologna dai Carracci a Guido Reni

The Bolognese Academy, founded by Annibale and Agostino Carracci and their cousin Ludovico, progressively developed a type of devotional art attentive of a new, profoundly religious sensitivity, tied to the spirit of the Counter-Reformation.