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

St Luke Drawing the Virgin (detail)

1520-22
Oil on oak panel
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The details of this precisely planned composition, such as the putti on the pilasters, show a deft manipulation of oil paint to create the illusion of a variety of textures.




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