One of the earliest known representation of the semi-nude St. Sebastian is to be found in the c. 1435 Master of the Playing Cards (See: Figure 3). Here, the martyr-saint is shown tied to a leafed tree and wearing the briefest of undergarment in contrast to the fully clothed archers. After the mid-XV^th Century, a plethora of paintings appeared depicting the semi-nude figure of the martyr-saint--e.g., Marco Zoppo (c. 1453) (See: Figure 4), Andrea Mantegna (1459, 1480 & 1490) (See: Figures 5,6 & 7), Cosimo Tura (c. 1470) (See: Figure 8), Sandro Botticelli (1474) (See: Figure 9), among others. Generally, the saint is portrayed as a youth or a young man.