Bibliotek@ trece

This painting was painted by Guido Reni, which is one of the five paintings of
identical or similar composition attributed to him, in addition, some of his works are
in the Louvre Museum, the Dulwich Picture Gallery, the Museum of Art in Ponce and
Auckland’s Toi o Tamaki Art Gallery.
The first versions occurred around 1619, since Pellegrino Lintrù, descendant
of a flemish family settled in Bologna at the end of the 16th century, wrote a letter on
February 23, 1619, to the Bolognese poet and friend of Guido, Cesare Rinaldi, saying:
“Our Lord Pellegrino Lintrù awaits with extreme desire the image of the martyr Saint
Sebastian pierced by an arrow[...]”.
Many years ago, a boy named Sebastian lived in Narbonne, France. He didn’t
like going to school because he wasn’t the same as other boys of his age. He used to
cry very often and he loved tunics, especially the ones that looked like dresses.
One day while he was walking, some boys from his school began to chase him
while they were shooting arrows at him, one of them hit him and he died instantly.
Days after Sebastian’s death, he came down from heaven turned into a saint
and looked for the boys who murdered him and told them that he forgave them
because he knew that everyone, deep down, was the same as him, sensitive and not
so men.
Candela PARRA GARCÍA.
(Inglés, 3º ESO)