In his "Confessions of a Mask," Mishima reveals his fascination at the age of 12 for a reproduction of one of the versions of Reni's St. Sebastians. This version can be found in the Museo de Arte de Ponce, in Puerto Rico. (photo Museo of Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico)
![Trophime BIGOT (1579-1650) [attribution incertaine], Saint Sébastien soigné par Irène, c. 1620-1630, Huile sur toile, Bordeaux, Musée des Beaux-Arts](http://p5.storage.canalblog.com/57/97/119589/23256460_q.jpg)
![Saint Sébastien aux archers [détail], Gustave Moreau, vers 1875 Peinture à l'huile sur toile – Musée Gustave Moreau (Paris)](http://p5.storage.canalblog.com/54/48/119589/23256440_q.jpg)
![Ángel Zárraga Votive Offering [Saint Sebastian], 1912](http://p9.storage.canalblog.com/96/20/119589/86585992_q.jpg)
