Josse Lieferinxe, (–1508)
Saint Sebastian Cured by Irene, circa 1497
Oil on panel
Height: 813.31 mm (32.02 ″); Width: 548.39 mm (21.59 ″)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Saint Sebastian (died c. 288
AD) was an early Christian saint and
martyr. Sebastian had prudently concealed his faith, but in 286 was
detected. Diocletian reproached him for his betrayal, and he commanded him to
be led to a field and there to be bound to a stake so that archers from
Mauritania would shoot arrows at him. "And the archers shot at him till he
was as full of arrows as an urchin is full of pricks, and thus left him there
for dead." Miraculously, the arrows did not kill him. However, Irene came to bury the body and found that he was not quite dead. Irene took him to her lodgings and nursed him back to health
Sebastian later stood by a staircase where the emperor
was to pass and harangued Diocletian for his cruelties against Christians. This
freedom of speech, and from a person whom he supposed to have been dead,
greatly astonished the emperor; but, recovering from his surprise, he gave
orders for his being seized and beat to death with cudgels, and his body thrown
into the common sewer. A pious lady, called Lucina, admonished by the martyr in
a vision, got it privately removed, and buried it in the catacombs at the
entrance of the cemetery of Calixtus, where now stands the Basilica of St.
Sebastian. More St.
Sebastian
Irene of Rome was the widow of the martyr
St. Castulus. After the death of her husband, she continued to be active in the
Christian community in Rome. According to legend, when Saint Sebastian was
discovered to be a Christian, in 286, he was handed over to the Mauretanian
archers, who tied him to a tree and pierced him with arrows.
However, Irene came to bury the body and found that he was
not quite dead. Irene took him to her lodgings and nursed him back to health.
Irene is venerated by Christians for her virtuous care in attending the
injured. More
on Irene of Rome
Josse Lieferinxe (working ca 1493–1503/08) was
a South Netherlandish painter, formerly known by the pseudonym the Master of
St. Sebastian.
Originating in the diocese of Cambrai in Hainaut, then part
of the territories ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy, Josse Lieferinxe was
documented as a "Picard" in the regions of Avignon and Marseille at
the end of the fifteenth and in the early sixteenth centuries. He was first
mentioned in Provence in 1493. In 1503 he married Michelle, a daughter of Jean
Changenet, the most prominent painter of Avignon, in whose atelier Lieferinxe
may have matured his style. He was last mentioned living in 1505, and in 1508
as deceased. More on Josse Lieferinxe
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