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St. Sebastian (1457-59) by Andrea Mantegna - SECRET IMAGES
Andrea Mantegna depicted St. Sebastian at least three times, and each painting is different. In this version, a horse and rider appears in the clouds. Why is it there? We don’t know who commissioned this painting. At the time (around 1457), Mantegna was in his twenties, living in Verona, and working on his splendid altarpiece...