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Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin is a large oil and tempera on oak panel painting, usually dated between 1435 and 1440, attributed to the Early Netherlandish painter Rogier van der Weyden. Housed in the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston , it shows Luke the Evangelist , patron saint of artists, sketching the Virgin Mary as she nurses the Child Jesus .
Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin, by Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1435–40, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Saint Luke painting the Virgin (German and Dutch: Lukas-Madonna) is a devotional subject in art showing Luke the Evangelist painting the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus.
Portrait of a Lady (or Portrait of a Woman) is a small oil-on-oak panel painting executed around 1460 by the Netherlandish painter Rogier van der Weyden. The composition is built from the geometric shapes that form the lines of the woman's veil , neckline, face, and arms, and by the fall of the light that illuminates her face and headdress.
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In many cities the Guild of Saint Luke financed a chapel that was decorated with an altarpiece of their patron saint. [25] Rogier van der Weyden's Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin, c. 1435-1440 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), one of the earliest-known paintings, set up a tradition that was followed by many subsequent artists. [25]
The figure of the Virgin is close to van der Weyden's London Magdalen. By the medieval period, reading became synonymous with devotion, which involved withdrawal from public view. Van der Weyden's placement of the Magdalen in an interior scene reflects the increasing literacy of domestic or laywomen in the mid-15th century.
Pietà (van der Weyden) Portrait of a Lady (van der Weyden) Portrait of a Young Woman (van der Weyden) Portrait of a Woman (van der Weyden) Portrait of Antoine, 'Grand Bâtard' of Burgundy; Portrait of Francesco d'Este; Portrait of Isabella of Portugal (van der Weyden) Portrait of Philip the Good (van der Weyden)