GOSSART, Jan
(b. ca. 1478, Maubeuge, d. 1532, Middelburg)

St Luke Drawing the Virgin (detail)

1520-22
Oil on oak panel
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

St Luke, kneeling at a prie-dieu, makes a metalpoint drawing of the Virgin, appearing in a vision before him. He is guided by the hand of an angel. Luke takes off his shoes in the presence of the vision of the Virgin and Child.




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