(b Belluno, bapt 1 Aug 1659; d Venice, 15 May
1734).
Painter and draughtsman. He painted light and colourful
religious, historical and mythological subjects with a fluid, painterly
touch. His rediscovery of Paolo Veronese, whose settings and costumes he
borrowed, was important to later Venetian painters. Sebastiano was an
itinerant artist, celebrated throughout Europe.
Altar of St Gregory the Great
Oil on canvas
Basilica di S. Giustina, Padua
Madonna and Child with Saints
1708
Oil on canvas, 406 x 208 cm
San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
Paul III Appointing His Son Pier Luigi to Duke of
Piacenza and Parma
c. 1687
Oil on canvas
Museo Civico, Palazzo Farnese, Piacenza
Fall of Phaeton
1703-04
Oil on canvas
Museo Civico, Belluno
The Punishment of Cupid
1706-07
Oil on canvas
Palazzo Marucelli-Fenzi, Florence
Susanna and the Elders
1713
Oil on canvas, 83,2 x 102,2 cm
Collection of Lord Chatsworth, Chatsworth
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