CORDIER, Nicolas
(b. 1565, Saint-Mihiel, d. 1612, Roma)

St Sebastian

1604
Marble, height 199 cm
Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome

The Frenchman Nicolas Cordier was a fashionable sculptor in Rome who produced bland and often facile works for papal families such as the Aldobrandini, Borghese and Barberini. This St Sebastian stands in the Aldobrandini Chapel of Santa Maria sopra Minerva.