Saints Sebastian and Roch

Davide Ghirlandaio worked alongside his celebrated brother Domenico in the family workshop, the most commercially successful artistic enterprise in late fifteenth-century Florence. This Saints Sebastian and Roch was created around 1480 and is now held at the National Museum of San Matteo Altarpieces featuring rows of standing saints served both liturgical and devotional functions, identifying the church's patron saints and giving worshippers specific objects for personal prayer.

Tempera on panel with the clean draftsmanship and bright palette characteristic of the Ghirlandaio workshop. The work demonstrates the artistic qualities characteristic of Davide Ghirlandaio's period.