Théodule Ribot
French, 1823–1891
Saint Sebastian, Martyr
c. 1865
Two cloaked figures tend to the wounds of Saint Sebastian, a Roman soldier shot with arrows as punishment for his Christian beliefs. The artist’s dark palette and uncompromising realism were inspired by seventeenth-century Spanish art, examples of which he could have seen at the Musée du Louvre. This work is a reduced version of a painting exhibited in Paris in 1865 and subsequently purchased by the French government.
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 18 1/4 × 21 5/8 in. (46.4 × 54.9 cm) Frame: 25 15/16 × 29 1/16 × 1 7/8 in. (65.9 × 73.8 × 4.8 cm) |
| Object Number | 2011.7 |
| Acquisition | Gift of Daniel Katz Gallery, London, 2011 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Théodule Ribot, Saint Sebastian, Martyr, c. 1865, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, gift of Daniel Katz Gallery, London, 2011.7
Provenance
Sale, Brissonneau, Daguerre (Drouot), Paris, June 15, 2005, lot 20 (bought in); Jaffard collection, Paris; Etienne Breton, Paris, 2011; from whom acquired by Daniel Katz, London.
