St. Sebastian

The St. Sebastian is the most beautiful among the youthful male figures, as the

The Earlier Work of Titian Phillips, Claude 1897

The King and Gloucester both became members of the St. Sebastian, which is still a flourishing society.

Bruges and West Flanders Am��d��e Forestier 1887

We turned back from this point and soon re-entered the gate of St. Sebastian, which is flanked by two small towers, and just within which is the old triumphal arch of Drusus, -- a sturdy construction, much dilapidated as regards its architectural beauty, but rendered far more picturesque than it could have been in its best days by a crown of verdure on its head.

Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 1. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

We turned back from this point and soon re-entered the gate of St. Sebastian, which is flanked by two small towers, and just within which is the old triumphal arch of Drusus, -- a sturdy construction, much dilapidated as regards its architectural beauty, but rendered far more picturesque than it could have been in its best days by a crown of verdure on its head.

Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

So who was ter Brugghen 1588-1629 and what is so special about his St. Sebastian and St. Irene?

At National Gallery, two paintings by one Dutch master add up to a sublime exhibition 2011

And then we have St. Sebastian, the patron saint of soldiers and athletes.

Finding Inspiration in the Flesh Willard Spiegelman 2011

The abject tendency may take some time to reach Tokyo, but when it does, no less than writer Yukio Mishima poses as photographer Kishin Shinoyama's St. Sebastian, the iconic Roman martyr killed in the name of male desire.

G. Roger Denson: Political Art Timeline, 1945-1966: Postwar Art of the Left G. Roger Denson 2011

The abject tendency may take some time to reach Tokyo, but when it does, no less than writer Yukio Mishima poses as photographer Kishin Shinoyama's St. Sebastian, the iconic Roman martyr killed in the name of male desire.

G. Roger Denson: Political Art Timeline, 1945-1966: Postwar Art of the Left G. Roger Denson 2011

I've been a fan of hagiography — the lives of the saints — since first grade when Claude Dunham and I were asked to represent St. Stephen and St. Sebastian, two martyrs of the early church, in atableau vivantof bored boys.

Handicapping the Saints 2010

First out of the gate is Esquire, which features Stephen Colbert on its August cover in a re-creation of the magazine's iconic April 1968 image of Muhammad Ali as St. Sebastian.

Comedy... So Hot Right Now... Comedy 2008