XAM54147 St. Sebastian, c.1459 (tempera on panel) by Mantegna, Andrea (1431-1506); 68x30 cm; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; (add.info.: Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 3rd century Roman officer under Emperor Diocletian whose colleagues shot him with arrows as punishment for professing Christianity. Saint Irene freed him and cured his wounds but he was later beaten to death. As in the Book of Revelation, a rider holds a scythe in the clouds. ); Ali Meyer; Italian, out of copyright.