Sometimes I think depictions of St Sebastian were meant for more than just personal devotion. This lad would be in an indie rock band today.

Mostly nude c. 1618-1658,

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Work has me stumped so I spent a little more time on today’s drawing. Based on images of Saint Sebastian who has been seen as a homosexual icon cause... look at him!

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"SANG (détail) - étude de pattern
[gravure de Flatters]



© Jérôme Pellerin 2018

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I swung by the Palazzo Barberini () today and spent some time thinking about these 2 paintings. The 1st, Antonello de Saliba, 1520, the 2nd, Francisco Pagano, 1472-1476. So different, yet the head tilt & mouth are nearly identical.

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