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Saint Sebastian is a c.1600-1605 or c.1610-1614 oil on canvas painting by El Greco . In catalogue raisonnés of El Greco's works it appears as no. 280 (Harold Wethey ) and no. 122 (Tiziana Frati ).[ 1] Now oval, it was probably cut down from its original rectangular (and probably full-length) format at an unknown date and shows marked similarities to the Prado version by the same artist. Excessive cleaning has led to it losing its glaze.[ 2]
Its listing at a Christie's New York sale in early 2025 stated it was acquired in 1898 by Carol I of Romania , who bequeathed it to the Romanian royal collection, and that it then remained in Romania until 1976, when ownership was transferred to art dealer Wildenstein & Company .[ 3] It was removed from sale on 5 February after a claim from the Romanian government that it had been taken from Romania illegally in 1947 by Carol's descendent Michael I after his abdication.[ 4] [ 5]
Paintings
Adoration of the Magi (Athens, c. 1565 –1567)
Dormition of the Virgin (1565–1566)
Healing of the Man Born Blind
Modena Triptych (1567–1569)
Baptism of Christ (Heraklion, 1567–1569)
Last Supper (1568)
Flight into Egypt (1570)
Annunciation
Purification of the Temple
The Fable (1570–1575)
Entombment of Christ (1570–1576)
El Soplón (1571–1572)
Pietà (1571–1576)
Penitent Magdalene (1576–1578)
Saint Sebastian (1576–1579)
Santo Domingo el Antiguo Altarpiece (1577)
Saint Lawrence's Vision of the Madonna and Child (1577)
Adoration of the Holy Name of Jesus (1577–1579) (preparatory sketch )
Assumption of the Virgin (1577–1579)
Disrobing of Christ (El Expolio) (1577–1579)
Holy Trinity (c. 1577 –1579)
Saint Anthony of Padua (1580)
Christ Carrying the Cross
The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice (1580–1582)
The Tears of Saint Peter
Barnard Castle , 1580–1589
Mexico City , 1587–1596
Oslo , c. 1590
San Diego , c. 1590–1595
Sitges , c. 1595–1600
Toledo, El Greco Museum , c. 1595–1600
Washington , c. 1600–1605
Toledo, Lerma Museum Foundation , c. 1605–1610
Toledo Cathedral , 1620–1630
The Immaculate Conception with Saint John the Evangelist (c. 1585 )
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (Baltimore, c. 1585 )
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (1586)
Holy Family (1586–1588)
Holy Face of Jesus (1586–1595)
Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Agony in the Garden
Christ on the Cross Adored by Two Donors (c. 1590 )
Saint Louis (1592–1595)
Virgin Mary (Mater Dolorosa) (c. 1594 –1604)
Holy Family (c. 1595 )
Christ Taking Leave of his Mother (1595)
Saint Andrew and Saint Francis (1595–1598)
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (Pau, before 1595)
Adoration of the Shepherds
Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece (1596–1599)
View of Toledo (1596–1600)
Baptism of Christ (Rome, 1596–1600)
Virgin Mary (1597)
Saint Martin and the Beggar (1597–1599)
The Virgin of Charity (1597–1603)
Allegory of the Camaldolese Order (c. 1597 )
Saint John the Baptist (1597–1607)
Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis (c. 1600 )
Saint Bernardino of Siena (1603)
Nativity (1603–1605)
Coronation of the Virgin (1603–1605)
Marriage of the Virgin (1603–1607)
Saint John the Evangelist (c. 1605 )
The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Hyacinth (c. 1605–1610 )
The Immaculate Conception (1607–1613)
Saint Peter (1608)
View and Plan of Toledo (1608)
Concert of Angels (1608)
The Saviour (1608–1614)
Saint Thomas the Apostle (1608–1614)
Opening of the Fifth Seal (1608–1614)
Saint Jerome (1609)
Saint Ildefonsus (1609)
Saint Francis and Brother Leo (1609)
Saint James the Great (1610)
Saint Luke (1610–1614)
Laocoön (1610–1614)
Saint Paul (1610–1614)
Saint Sebastian (c.1610–1614)
Saint Sebastian (1610–1614)
Julián Romero and Saint Julian (1612–1614)
Portraits Museums Related