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WEYDEN, Rogier van der: St Luke Drawing a Portrait of the Madonna

🖼 St Luke Drawing a Portrait of the Madonna, 1435
Oil and tempera on panel
138 × 111 cm
Boston, USA

Soft light floods the studio as St. Luke sketches the Virgin and Child, his concentrated gaze capturing divine intimacy through meticulous detail and luminous oil technique. This iconic image established the saint as art's patron, merging religious devotion with Renaissance humanism and demonstrating Flemish mastery of spatial depth and psychological presence.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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