Triptych of Saint Sebastian painted on panel between 1370-1375 and attributed to Giovanni del Biondo. In the center the scene of the saint’s martyrdom, surrounded by scenes from his life and the Annunciation. Giovanni del Biondo, a refined exponent of Florentine Gothic painting attributed with painting the Triptych of Saint Sebastian, probably learnt his art in the workshop of the Orcagna family, before setting up as an independent artist in approximately 1360. The triptych’s central panel, dated between 1370 and 1375, shows the saint's martyrdom pierced by arrows, a subject possibly linked to the plague that struck Florence with such ferocity in 1374. San Sebastian was considered one of the protectors against the Black Death, because he had suffered a martyrdom which left wounds on his body reminiscent of the buboes caused by the terrible disease. This painting was originally above one of the altars in the Cathedral, emphasizing the link between the sacrifice of Sebastian and that of Christ.