Before revision: Baronius had also tried (later followed by Cardinal Federico Borromeo) to get artists to follow the traditional legend, and early medieval depictions considered authoritative, and show Sebastian as a mature if not elderly man.Hedquist, § 10, 21, 24; she illustrates a 7th-century mosaic in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome But almost invariably artists continued to show the saint as a young man, rather sensuously depicted, and with as little clothing as in the earlier paintings.Hedquist, § 18–22, 24 Irene, the widow of a mature martyr in her legend, also tends to be painted as young and beautiful .
After revision: , with the version by Hendrick ter Brugghen one exceptionBaronius had also tried (later followed by Cardinal Federico Borromeo) to get artists to follow the traditional legend, and early medieval depictions considered authoritative, and show Sebastian as a mature if not elderly man.Hedquist, § 10, 21, 24; she illustrates a 7th-century mosaic in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome But almost invariably artists continued to show the saint as a young man, rather sensuously depicted, and with as little clothing as in the earlier paintings.Hedquist, § 18–22, 24 Irene, the widow of a mature martyr in her legend, also tends to be painted as young and beautiful .