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30 March 2010

St Sebastian and the torso of a Roman athlete


from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

4 comments:

  1. Top photo - he doesn't look nearly pin-stuck enough to be St. Sebastian!

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  2. Arrows, like other protuberant objects, often get broken off with time. . .

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  3. . . . and if you look closely, you can see some of the holes where the arrows went.

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