The burial of Saint Sebastian, Alejandro Ferrant y Fischermans, 1877

The canvas represents the burial of the martyr saint sebastian. Emperor maximian ordered him to be flogged to death, and the soldiers, after killing him, threw his body into the cloaca maxima in rome. The christians collected his body and buried it on the appian way, in the catacombs of san sebastian. He died in the year 288. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: 1877. Dimensions: 430 × 235 cm (14.1 × 7.7 ft). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Saint Sebastian. Collection: Museo del Prado. El entierro de San Sebastián (Museo del Prado)

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Author: Alejandro Ferrant y Fischermans (1843–1917)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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