Importanța tabloului „Sf. Sebastian” (după Tițian), din Pinacoteca Brukenthal
The importance of the “Sf. Sebastian” painting (after Titian), from Brukenthal Pinacoteca

Summary/Abstract: “St. Sebastian” painting in the Brukenthal European Art Gallery in Sibiu (inv. 1202) proves to reproduce the first version of the martyrdom of “St. Sebastian”, painted by Titian in 1520 (version considered lost since the end of the 17th. century). Since ca 1520, there are still preserved a few preparatory drawings for the final panel depicting “St. Sebastian”, part of the Polyptych of Resurrection (also known as “Averoldi Altar”, after its commander’s name). The altar was intended to be placed in the Basilica church of Santi Nazzaro e Celso in Brescia, and was dated and signed by Titian in 1522. There are obvious concordances, and some differences between the first version of “St. Sebastian” painting – documentary described –, and his representation on the final panel of the altar in Brescia, items that we analyze in the current study in relation to the painting of “St. Sebastian” from Sibiu.

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