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| Keywords: German - Saint Sebastian - Walters 61149.jpg According to legend Sebastian was a Roman soldier who refused to deny his Christian faith and worship the emperor as a god In consequence he was tied to a tree and shot with arrows He survived but was then beaten to death Sebastian's strained gesture with one arm extended presupposes the existence of a tree now missing probably also in wood Even in its awkwardness the saint's lean wiry body appears to be based on observation of nature between 1525 1540 Renaissance boxwood cm 40 9 accession number 61 149 24802 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin north Rhine in Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Statues of Saint Sebastian in the United States | ||||
