Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin
Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin is a large oil and tempera on oak panel painting, usually dated between 1435 and 1440. It shows Luke the Evangelist, patron saint of artists, sketching the Virgin Mary as she nurses the Child Jesus. Three near contemporary versions are in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, and the Groeningemuseum, Bruges.
