Saint Sebastian (d.AD 288) was an early Christian martyr who is thought to have been killed during the Roman emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians. As common in art and literature, Saint Sebastian is depicted in this panel tied to a post or tree and shot with arrows. The panel is set within a wooden frame with apex, and appears like a Byzantine icon. The contorted figure of Saint Sebastian represents an existential anxiety around the human figure present in much of Geoffrey Clarke's (1925–2014) sculpture and stained glass. Saint Sebastian also demonstrates Clarke's glass-painting techniques, it is heavily painted with layers of matt paint to impart a dark, aged effect, through which colour glows in the polished areas. Clarke has plated the traditional leaded and painted stained glass panel with sheets of glass on either side.