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GRECO, El: St Luke Painting the Virgin and Child

GRECO, El
🖼 St Luke Painting the Virgin and Child, before 1567
Tempera and gold on canvas attached to panel
41.6 × 33 cm
Athens, Greece

Elongated figures in spiritual rapture surround St. Luke as he captures the Virgin and Child, rendered in El Greco's characteristic elongation and ethereal light. The painting validates Luke as Christianity's first iconographer, merging artistic creation with divine inspiration—a Counter-Reformation affirmation of sacred imagery's spiritual power.

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E. H. Gombrich
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