Van der Doort c.1639

Lucas van Leyden

St Sebastian, shot with (five) arrows, being tied to a tree, many little full-length figures

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 66, № 20
Measurements (Van der Doort): 
1ft 8in x 1ft 3in (50.8 x 38.1cm)
Frame: 
black frame
Provenance: 
Sir James Palmer
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
bought
Notes: 
the 3rd and last picture of Lucas van Leyden bought by the King from Sir James Palmer, the other two being in the Cabinet Room, one 'Joseph brought before the Judge' and the other 'One lying dying upon his bed'
Location: 
Room description extended: 
King's Chair Room in the Privy Gallery [originally in the Cabinet Room in MS Ash 1514, f. 105]
Original Manuscript page number: 
B.L. Add. MS. 10112, f. 9 and V&A MS. f. 87, no 21
Charles II inventory c1666: 
Hampton Court, no 35, 51 x 51
Interpreting the text: 
Text in brackets comes from the V&A manuscript
Identification certainty: 
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51

(Lucas van Leyden)