ID: 700007462 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007462	Record Type: Movable Work
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The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (illumination (painting); Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561) (Flemish Illuminat...; about 1535/1540; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.ML.83.2.verso)

Note: This leaf from the Munich-Montserrat Hours depicts the first attempt to kill Saint Sebastian. The emperor Diocletian, who ordered the saint's execution, watches from horseback as his soldiers mercilessly shoot arrows at Sebastian. Although the saint miraculously survived the ordeal, he was eventually beaten to death. The saint's stance here--tied to a column and defenseless--purposefully recalls traditional images of Christ's flagellation, when Jesus was tied to a column and beaten. The detailed yet expansive landscape seen in the background was one of the hallmarks of Simon Bening's late style.

Titles:

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Munich-Montserrat Hours (C,U,GP,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

illumination (painting) [300264522] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by location or context>)

detached leaf [300379890]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components, leaves (gathered matter))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1535/1540

Creator Display:

Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561) (Flemish Illuminator) [preferred,JPGM]

Bening, Simon (Flemish illuminator, ca. 1483 - 1561) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500115179]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 84.ML.83.2.verso

Other: Creation: Brugge [7007867] West-Vlaanderen (province), Flanders (region (administrative division)), Belgium (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera colors, gold paint, and ink on parchment

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gilt paint [300343596]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, metallic paint)

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	parchment (animal material) [300011851]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

Dimensions: Leaf: 13.7 x 10 cm (5 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.)

Cultures:

Flemish (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Renaissance [300021140] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian [901001245]
	.....((Life of Saint Sebastian, Other Christian narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Sebastian, Saint [901000344]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Diocletian, Emperor of Rome (Roman emperor, 245-316 CE) [500115704]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	horse (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

	martyrdom [300379937]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), personal life events, deaths) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Leaf from the Munich-Montserrat Hours

Sources and Contributors:
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Munich-Montserrat Hours	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)