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Saint Sebastian Pietro Perugino, 1490
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Saint Sebastian

Pietro Perugino Β· 1490

Why it's great

Saint Sebastian stands tied to a column between two arches with an arrow in his chest, gazing upward calmly. Pietro Perugino painted it in about 1490, and the green landscape behind him is full of soft light.

Where to see it

πŸ“ Louvre MuseumParis, France

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About the artist

Pietro Perugino

1448–1523 Β· born in CittΓ  della Pieve Β· died in Fontignano

Pietro Perugino was an Italian painter, born near Perugia in about 1448. He painted calm, sweet figures in wide, airy landscapes, and he taught Raphael. He died in 1523.

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