In this artwork, how is the History discussed?
The Pucci family commissioned the work as the altarpiece for the family chapel, the oratory dedicated to Saint Sebastian in the church of Santissima Annunziata, Florence. Giorgio Vasari dates it to 1475, attributing it solely to Antonio del Pollaiuolo, but it is today usually seen as a joint work, no doubt also involving assistants from their workshops.Roberto Pucci withdrew the work from the oratory on the pretext of restoration but then in 1857 sold it to the National Gallery.
Giorgio Vasari Santissima Annunziata, Florence Antonio del Pollaiuolo Pucci family Pollaiuolo Saint Sebastian National Gallery Antonio altarpiece