30 March 2010

St Sebastian and the torso of a Roman athlete


from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

4 comments:

Lisa Hirsch said...

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

Patrick J. Vaz said...

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

Patrick J. Vaz said...

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

Lisa Hirsch said...

Haha, I did, I did!