Saint Sebastian

Provenance

Robert Stayner Holford [1808-1892], London (Lugt 2243). Henry Studdy Theobald [1847-1934], London (Lugt 1375). Rudolf Gutmann [1880-1966, L2770], Vienna;[1] (Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna). Richard H. Zinser; sold 22 November 1948 to Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift 1949 to NGA. [1]This print is inventory no. 830 of the Rudolf Gutmann collection confiscated by the Nazis in Austria in 1938. The collection was stored at the Zentraldepot in Vienna and transferred to the salt mine at Alt Aussee. The print was restituted to the Viennese dealer Christian Nebehay acting on Gutmann’s behalf in August 1947 (Restitution decision in Zl. 4716/47; export license in Zl 4694/47 dated 11 August 1947, all Bundesdenkmalamt, Vienna, copies in NGA curatorial files).

Saint Sebastian

Barbari, Jacopo de'

c. 1509

Accession Number

1949.5.36

Medium

engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 22 x 11.8 cm (8 11/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection