# St Sebastian

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berruguete-alonso-rc14ec8bacfe0a0/st-sebastian-r7a02d3313f5eaf>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [BERRUGUETE, Alonso](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berruguete-alonso-rc14ec8bacfe0a0>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Polychrome wood

## Commentary

Berruguete was commissioned in 1526 to carve the retable of San Benito in Valladolid, since dismantled but still preserved in the Valladolid museum. The figures of saints \(including St Christopher\) that form part of this altarpiece are among the most expressive he ever produced.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Magi \(another view\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berruguete-alonso-rc14ec8bacfe0a0/adoration-of-the-magi-another-view-r2ba665a2696c30>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berruguete-alonso-rc14ec8bacfe0a0/adoration-of-the-magi-r6ee50a6b986a18>)
- [Choir-stall \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berruguete-alonso-rc14ec8bacfe0a0/choir-stall-detail-r647112aaeb2466>)
- [Choir-stall \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berruguete-alonso-rc14ec8bacfe0a0/choir-stall-detail-r7d52c80975f972>)
- [Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berruguete-alonso-rc14ec8bacfe0a0/eve-r0327be404e82ed>)
- [Madonna and Child with the Young St John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berruguete-alonso-rc14ec8bacfe0a0/madonna-and-child-with-the-young-st-john-rf6aecbca97e650>)
- [Salome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berruguete-alonso-rc14ec8bacfe0a0/salome-raf668c0fedee12>)
- [St Christopher](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berruguete-alonso-rc14ec8bacfe0a0/st-christopher-rf653c65251ceea>)
- [The Sacrifice of Isaac](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/berruguete-alonso-rc14ec8bacfe0a0/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-rf8e169210b7139>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)