Paris Bordone
Artwork Detail
The Virgin and Child exhibits a similar intimacy in scale to Giorgione's work, and would have been a domestic commission for private devotion. The painting is a type of sacra conversazione, the term given for the depiction of saints alongside the Virgin and Child. St Sebastian was believed to protect against disease, particularly the plague, while the Madonna and Child represent the protection of the Church in all its aspects.
- Title
- Madonna and Child with Saint Sebastian
- Artist/creator
- Paris Bordone
- Production date
- circa 1518
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 426 x 423 x 70 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1960
- Accession no
- 1960/18
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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