Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene Lieferinxe in about 1497, part of a cycle from an altarpiece in Marseilles (now Philadelphia Museum of Art), but the subject was rare until the 17th century. It was painted by Georges de La Tour at least twice, Trophime Bigot (four times), Jusepe de Ribera twice, Hendrick ter Brugghen (in perhaps his masterpiece) and many others. The subject appears to have been a deliberate attempt by the Church to get away from the traditional depiction of the standing almost-nude Sebastian being shot with arrows. This is already recorded in Vasari (in relation to a painting by Fra Bartolommeo) as sometimes
Arrows A9 Arrows A9 The Arrows A9 was a Formula One car which the Arrows team used to compete in the 1986 Formula One season. It was powered by the turbocharged Inline 4cyl BMW M12 engine. Unlike the BMWs used by the Brabham and Benetton teams whose engines were maintained and updated regularly by BMW, the Arrows engines were maintained by Swiss engine guru Heini Mader and were rated as the least powerful of the BMW runners. The A9 was supposed to replace the ageing A8 car, but it turned out to be worse than its predecessor. Because of this the team