Head and shoulders, facing the spectator, gazing downwards to the left, with a tonsured head, wearing a deacon's coat reticulated gold over red; grey-green background. The saint has no obvious attributes but is dressed as a deacon and is a pair to RCIN 406339, suggesting that he represents one of a pair of sainted deacons; Saint Lawrence or Saint Stephen. The well-rounded style of the head is typical of Bergognone and can also be seen in the two panels ‘Saints Elizabeth and Francis’ and ‘Saints Peter Martyr and Christopher’ (Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan), although in comparison the Royal Collection panels seem simplified, and look like the work of an assistant in Bergognone’s workshop.