Saint Sebastian (detail), Guido Reni, Bourgeois bequest 1811

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The Agony & the Ecstasy: Guido Reni's St Sebastians

Guido Reni was one of the most important baroque artists in Italy in the 17th Century and one of the most famous artists in England until the 19th Century.

Guido Reni

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Saint Sebastian

Xavier Salomon looks at the replication and the different versions of one of Guido Reni's most famous subject matters Saint Sebastian and looks at how in the 17th Century artists operated and worked to produce paintings for the market and requests from patrons.

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