St. Sebastian succoured by two angels, by Guercino

An image of St. Sebastian succoured by two angels. Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco (Il Guercino), (Italian, 1591-1666). Oil on copper, height 43.0 cm, width 32.5 cm, 1617. From the Bartlett and the Cunliffe funds with contributions from Sir Denis Mahon, through the National Art-Collections Fund, the Pilgrim Trust, the Museum and Galleries Commisssion / Victoria Albert Museum Fund and the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

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St. Sebastian succoured by two angels. Barbieri, Giovanni Francesco (Il Guercino), (Italian, 1591-1666). Oil on copper, height 43.0 cm, width 32.5 cm, 1617. From the Bartlett and the Cunliffe funds with contributions from Sir Denis Mahon, through the National Art-Collections Fund, the Pilgrim Trust, the Museum and Galleries Commisssion / Victoria Albert Museum Fund and the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

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Accession Number: PD.216-1994
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/14.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 787 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 641.79kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 14/1
Captured: 2014:11:19 09:26:44

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17th Century _WF_ArtFund angels arrows Baroque bleeding blood Bolognese School breasts Catholic Fitz_PDP Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Guercino injured injury Italian male martyrdom martyred martyrs oil on copper painting religion religious Saint Sebastian saints St Sebastian succour winged wings

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