Triptych of St. Sebastian 1464

Jacopo Bellini's "Triptych of St. Sebastian," completed in 1464, is a multi-panel artwork that showcases the artist's early Renaissance style. The central panel depicts St. Sebastian tied to a tree and pierced with arrows, a common iconographic representation of his martyrdom. The left panel features St. John the Baptist, while the right panel shows a bearded holy man. The top panel, often referred to as the "predella," portrays a scene from the life of St. Sebastian, likely his miraculous healing. Bellini's meticulous attention to detail and use of perspective, evident in the figures and landscape, are characteristic of the early Renaissance. This triptych exemplifies Bellini's significant role in the development of Venetian painting.