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https://physiology.oberlincollegelibrary.org/files/original/b1b223d361e3e1f83393327936ff6a04.jpg 63c52a1d965f5e119a6c77a8dbef6bea Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. Sebastian Description An account of the resource Lifelike-and nearly life-size-statues such as this arresting Saint Sebastian were prevalent in churches in Renaissance Italy. It is carved in inexpensive wood, which was more easily worked than marble or bronze, and allowed for an easy naturalism. The unknown sculptor was concerned with verisimilitude, carving small white teeth between gently parted lips, and accentuating the saint's realistic ribcage, as well as depicting subtly bluish veins with red blood dripping from wounds-all of which contribute to the statue's striking realism. The arms were separately carved and joined to the torso, and there are numerous joins of the wood on the back and rear thighs. The work was likely once attached to a column or fictive tree trunk, but has been fully finished in the round. Consistent with other known similar wooden statues of the saint, the now-filled holes that once held arrows are only present on the front of the work. The saint's crossed legs impart both a sense of reality, as well as one of nonchalance, in defiance of his would-be assassins. Because of his many wounds, Saint Sebastian was seen as an important intercessor for victims of the plague, and was certainly one of the most popular saints of the age. The AMAM possesses two other striking representations of the saint, Hendrick ter Brugghen's Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene of 1625 and Giovanni Boccati's altarpiece fragment showing Saint John the Baptist and Saint Sebastian of around 1460 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Artist Italian Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://allenartcollection.oberlin.edu/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/id/14427">Allen Memorial Art Museum</a>, <span>R. T. Miller Jr. Fund and Mrs. F. F. Prentiss Fund</span> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca. 1500 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alexis Reed Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Polychromed poplar and spruce wood Overall (with base): 75 1/2 × 20 × 19 in. (191.8 × 50.8 × 48.3 cm) Type The nature or genre of the resource Statue Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1961.77