{"id":7263,"date":"2026-07-01T10:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=7263"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:49:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:49:30","slug":"saint-sebastian","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/collections\/saint-sebastian\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Sebastian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"gutenslider-4cre9zi0x\" class=\"wp-block-eedee-block-gutenslider gs-frontend content-change alignnone adaptive-height arrow-style-1 arrow-position-sides arrow-mb-none arrows-lg arrows-md arrows-sm dot-style-1 dots-lg dots-md dots-sm dot-position-bottom is-position-center-center mb-none wrap-auto-height\" data-parallax-direction=\"down\" data-parallax-amount=\"1.3\" data-lg-transition=\"lg-slide\" data-hash=\"\" ><div class=\"eedee-swiper-outer\" style=\"--gutenslider-min-height: 50vh;--gutenslider-arrow-size: 30px;--gutenslider-dot-size: 25px;--gutenslider-arrow-color: #ffffff;--gutenslider-dot-color: #ffffff;--gutenslider-padding-y-mobile: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-mobile: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-tablet: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-tablet: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-desktop: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-desktop: 40px;--gutenslider-bg-image: url();--gutenslider-min-height-md: 50vh;--gutenslider-min-height-sm: 50vh;--gutenslider-padding-x: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-md: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-x-sm: 20px;--gutenslider-padding-y: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-md: 40px;--gutenslider-padding-y-sm: 20px;--gutenslider-arrow-size-md: 30px;--gutenslider-arrow-size-sm: 30px;--gutenslider-dot-size-md: 25px;--gutenslider-dot-size-sm: 25px;--gutenslider-arrow-bg-color: transparent;--gutenslider-arrow-hover-color: #eeeeee;--gutenslider-arrow-bg-hover-color: transparent;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset-md: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-offset-sm: 10px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset-md: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-y-offset-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-arrow-x-spacing: 0px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset: 10px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset-md: 10px;--gutenslider-dot-y-offset-sm: 10px;--gutenslider-margin-x: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-x-md: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-x-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y-md: 0px;--gutenslider-margin-y-sm: 0px;--gutenslider-divider-top: 60px;--gutenslider-divider-bottom: 60px;--gutenslider-lightgallery-bg: #ffffff;--gutenslider-lightgallery-font: #000000;--gs-first-pos: 50% 50%;--gs-gap-vertical: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) );--gs-gap-horizontal: var( --wp--style--gallery-gap-default, var( --gallery-block--gutter-size, var( --wp--style--block-gap, 0.5em ) ) );\"><div class=\"gutenslider-divider-top\" style=\"color:#fff;\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper\" data-settings='{\"autoplay\":{\"delay\":3000,\"pauseOnMouseEnter\":true,\"disableOnInteraction\":false},\"speed\":700,\"direction\":\"horizontal\",\"autoHeight\":\"\",\"loop\":true,\"centeredSlides\":true,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"effect\":\"slide\",\"coverflowEffect\":{\"rotate\":30,\"slideShadows\":false,\"depth\":100,\"stretch\":50,\"modifier\":1},\"fadeEffect\":{\"crossFade\":true},\"zoom\":\"\",\"navigation\":{\"nextEl\":\"#gutenslider-4cre9zi0x .eedee-gutenslider-next\",\"prevEl\":\"#gutenslider-4cre9zi0x .eedee-gutenslider-prev\"},\"pagination\":{\"type\":\"bullets\",\"clickable\":true,\"dynamicBullets\":false,\"el\":\"#gutenslider-4cre9zi0x .eedee-gutenslider-pagination\"},\"pauseOnHover\":\"1\",\"watchSlidesProgress\":true,\"watchSlidesVisibility\":true,\"settingsMd\":{\"autoHeight\":\"\",\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"loop\":true},\"settingsLg\":{\"autoHeight\":\"1\",\"slidesPerView\":1,\"slidesPerGroup\":1,\"spaceBetween\":0,\"loop\":true},\"hasLg\":false,\"hasLgCounter\":true,\"isFullScreen\":false,\"arrowsFollowMouse\":false,\"lgTitle\":\"none\",\"lgCaption\":\"none\",\"lgThumbnails\":true,\"lgZoomEnabled\":false,\"keyboard\":{\"keyboard\":{\"enabled\":true,\"onlyInViewport\":true}},\"hashNavigation\":false,\"dividers\":false}'><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"swiper-slide wp-block-eedee-block-gutenslide is-position-center-center ed-bg-image\" style=\"--ed-vw:240;--ed-vh:300;\" data-hash=\"\"><div class=\"eedee-background-div bg-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"818\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-7260\" src=\"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Senza-nome-8-4-818x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Girolamo Mocetto\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit: cover; 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object-position: 50% 50%;\"  data-caption=\"d487\" data-title=\"San Sebastiano\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Senza-nome-7-4-688x1024.jpg 688w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Senza-nome-7-4-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Senza-nome-7-4-768x1143.jpg 768w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Senza-nome-7-4-50x75.jpg 50w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Senza-nome-7-4-1600x2381.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Senza-nome-7-4-1032x1536.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Senza-nome-7-4-1376x2048.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Senza-nome-7-4-645x960.jpg 645w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Senza-nome-7-4-323x480.jpg 323w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Senza-nome-7-4-480x714.jpg 480w, https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Senza-nome-7-4-scaled.jpg 1720w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 688px\" \/><div class=\"eedee-background-div__overlay\" style=\"opacity:1;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slide-content\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center gutenslider-content-initial has-larger-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><button class=\"eedee-gutenslider-nav eedee-gutenslider-prev\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"><circle class=\"bg\" cx=\"13\" cy=\"12\" r=\"11\" \/><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\"\/><path class=\"arrow\" d=\"M10.828 12l4.95 4.95-1.414 1.414L8 12l6.364-6.364 1.414 1.414z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><button class=\"eedee-gutenslider-nav eedee-gutenslider-next\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"><circle class=\"bg\" cx=\"11\" cy=\"12\" r=\"11\" \/><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\"\/><path class=\"arrow\" d=\"M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><div class=\"eedee-gutenslider-pagination\"><\/div><div class=\"gutenslider-divider-bottom \" style=\"color:#fff;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">GIROLAMO MOCETTO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Murano, 1458 &#8211; 1531<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Saint Sebastian<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">oil and tempera on canvas, cm. 90,5&#215;62,5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently surfaced from an important private collection in Mantua and hitherto unpublished, the painting depicts Saint Sebastian according to an iconography of intense private devotion, particularly widespread in early 16th-century Venice. The saint, represented as a youth scarcely beyond adolescence, stands frontally as he is pierced by four arrows, set against a marble column within a sparse architectural setting opening onto the sky beyond. His direct gaze towards the viewer emphasises the intercessory function of the image, most likely intended for private contemplation and for protection against the plague, of which Saint Sebastian was traditionally regarded as a patron saint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As noted by Peter Humfrey, author of the expertise of the work, the painting belongs fully within the Venetian figurative tradition established by Giovanni Bellini and Cima da Conegliano, from whom it derives the severe compositional structure and the lucid construction of the figure. In particular, the main point of reference appears to be the celebrated Saint Sebastian in Cima da Conegliano\u2019s <em>Dragan Altarpiece<\/em>, now in the Gallerie dell\u2019Accademia in Venice, from which the present work borrows not only the pose of the saint but also specific details, such as the placement of the arrow embedded in the saint\u2019s left thigh. Humfrey further draws attention to two additional versions of the subject executed by Cima, now respectively in the National Gallery, London, and the Berenson Collection at Villa I Tatti, attesting to the popularity of this iconographic model in Venetian painting of the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compared with these precedents, however, our painting reveals a more independent and refined ornamental sensibility. The loincloth is enriched with an elegant pseudo-Cufic decoration along the hem and a soft, elaborate fringe, while the hair is rendered in delicate decorative waves of almost miniaturist refinement. Precisely on the basis of these stylistic characteristics, and following an attribution proposed by Mauro Lucco and endorsed by Humfrey, the work may be assigned to Girolamo Mocetto, the Venetian painter, engraver and designer of stained glass active between the late 15th and the early 16th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although still not fully defined from a biographical point of view, Mocetto reveals throughout his oeuvre a figurative culture deeply indebted to Bellini and Mantegna, yet also receptive to the influence of Cima da Conegliano. Significant comparisons may be drawn with the <em>Portrait of a Boy<\/em> in the Galleria Estense in Modena and with the triptych in the Chapel of San Biagio in SS Nazaro e Celso, Verona, particularly in the soft modelling of the faces and the linear elegance of the hair. Such comparisons plausibly suggest a dating for the painting around 1515\u20131517, during a mature phase of the artist\u2019s activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7262,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"portfolio-types":[45],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/7263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-types?post=7263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}