WEYDEN, Rogier van der

St Luke Drawing a Portrait of the Madonna

Oil on canvas transferred from wood The Hermitage, St. Petersburg The small town in the background is animated by little figures (including a man urinating outside the town walls) but it is possible to count them all - what is a whole universe in Jan van Eyck's Rolin Madonna here becomes a comparatively flat background for the figures, one that can be completely surveyed.Artist:WEYDEN, Rogier van der Title: St Luke Drawing a Portrait of the Madonna (detail) Painted in 1401-1450 , Flemish - - painting : religious

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