While working on the Ovetari frescoes, Mantegna took on other commissions, including the San Luca Polyptych for the chapel dedicated to St Luke in the church of Santa Giustina in Padua. The very traditional conception of this altarpiece, which is designed along Gothic lines, reflects a patron with conservative tastes in art. The altarpiece is divided into several panels and the size of its figures varies in accordance with the Byzantine hierarchy of saints. Like similar images in Byzantine art, they stand isolated against a golden background that symbolizes the all-embracing presence of God.

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	San Luca Polyptych 1453 Tempera on panel, 177 x 230 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan	1400*1038 True Color 225 Kb
	San Luca Polyptych 1453 Tempera on panel, 177 x 230 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan	1300*967 True Color 188 Kb
	San Luca Polyptych (central part) 1453 Tempera on panel Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan	1051*1400 True Color 225 Kb
	San Luca Polyptych (central panel) 1453 Tempera on panel, 140 x 67 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan	936*1440 True Color 196 Kb
	San Luca Polyptych (central panel) 1453 Tempera on panel, 140 x 67 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan	729*1400 True Color 150 Kb
	San Luca Polyptych (detail) 1453 Tempera on panel Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan	1164*1174 True Color 190 Kb
	San Luca Polyptych (detail) 1453 Tempera on panel Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan	1200*921 True Color 199 Kb
	San Luca Polyptych (detail) 1453 Tempera on panel, 118 x 42 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan	450*1236 True Color 85 Kb