🕊️ Faith & Scripture
Saint Sebastian
Mattia Preti · 1657
Why it's great
Saint Sebastian, with arrows in his body, is tied to a tree, and looks up to heaven in the shadows. Mattia Preti painted it in about 1657.
Where to see it
📍 Museo di CapodimonteNaples, Italy
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⬇ Hi-res download
770 × 1,099 px · 0.8 megapixels
This is the largest scan on Wikimedia Commons, which is fairly small for a big print. The museum that owns it may offer a larger one.
File page & license ↗
Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
💵 Budget
Etsy ↗
Posters and simple prints from small sellers, usually the lowest prices.
🖼️ Mid-range
Fine Art America ↗
Good printing on paper, canvas or metal, made to order, with framing options.
🏛️ High-end
Meisterdrucke ↗
Museum-grade giclée prints on archival paper or canvas, the closest to the real thing.
These links open search results on each shop's own website; we don't sell anything or earn a commission, and print quality varies by seller. Ask a grown-up before you buy anything.
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Mattia Preti was an Italian painter born in 1613 in Calabria, nicknamed the Calabrian Knight. He worked in Rome, Naples and Malta with dramatic light and big, strong figures. He died in Valletta, Malta, in 1699.
