圣塞巴斯蒂安 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	圣塞巴斯蒂安
品名（英）	Saint Sebastian
入馆年号	1934年，34.38.1
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	Master of the Playing Cards【1425 至 1450】【德国人】
创作年份	公元 1420 - 公元 1450
创作地区
分类	印刷品（Prints）
尺寸	页: 5 9/16 x 8 1/4 英寸 (14.1 x 20.9 厘米)
介绍（中）	目前只知道这幅版画的两个早期印象。它的技术由轮廓强烈的形状组成，用光线均匀的平行笔画建模，采用了这一时期的绘画方法。传统上，这幅版画被分配给了扑克牌大师，他可能是一位活跃在阿尔萨斯的艺术家，尽管相当不稳定的姿势和左边小山的混乱形态导致一些学者质疑这一归属。整体抛光的技术和细节，如对圣人胸部的自然主义渲染，表明雕刻师，如果不是大师本人，肯定是一位非常熟悉其作品的有成就的艺术家。正如大师更为安全的版画一样，这项技术接近于当代绘画中的方法——用极其精细的平行笔画塑造出轮廓分明的形状。这些纤细、尖锐、略显模糊的线条可能是用干点手写笔而不是burin创造的，burin是一种更常见的雕刻工具，可以产生更宽、更锥形的线条。圣塞巴斯蒂安是这一时期版画的常客，被认为是抵御瘟疫的主要守护圣人之一。
介绍（英）	Only two early impressions of this print are known. Its technique, consisting of strongly outlined forms modeled with light evenly traced parallel strokes, approaches that employed in drawings of this period. The print has traditionally been assigned to the Master of the Playing Cards, an artist probably active in Alsace, though the rather unstable poses and the muddled formation of the small hill on the left have led some scholars to question the attribution. The overall polished technique and details such as the naturalistic rendering of the saint's chest suggest that the engraver, if not the master himself, was certainly an accomplished artist closely familiar with his work. As in the Master's more securly attributed prints, the technique approaches that found in contemporary drawings--strongly outlined forms modeled with extremely fine parallel strokes. These thin, sharp, and slightly fuzzy lines were probably created with a drypoint stylus rather than a burin, the tool more typically associated with engraving, which produces slightly broader and more tapered lines. Saint Sebastian, a frequent subject of prints from this period, was regarded as one of the main guardian saints against the plague.