Standing man representing a statue
Medium
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 8 1/16 × 3 1/4 × 7/8 in. (20.5 × 8.3 × 2.2 cm)
Classification
Sculpture-Miniature
Culture
Austrian
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Malcolm Hewitt Wiener Foundation, Alexis Gregory and Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 2004
Accession Number
2004.127
Tags
About the Artist
Master of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian · 1700–1700
The Master of the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian was an anonymous virtuoso ivory carver active in Vienna during the mid-17th century, embodying the dramatic intensity of the Austrian Baroque. Little is documented about his early life or training, placing him among the shadowy figures of Baroque sculpture whose identities remain elusive despite their technical mastery. He worked in a milieu shared with...