Pinacoteca Brera, Laboratorio di restauro “a vista” nella Sala 18, Raffaello Sanzio, San Sebastiano

The painting depicts the martyr as a graceful youth with long, curling hair, holding a single arrow between his fingers as a symbol of his sacrifice. He is dressed in an ornate, gold-trimmed black doublet and a heavy red mantle, standing against a dark background that opens into a distant landscape. The photograph shows the work in a clinical conservation setting, surrounded by modern scientific equipment and glass partitions.