Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin
Rogier van der Weyden · 1490
Why it's great
Saint Luke, who was said to be a painter, kneels to draw Mary as she nurses the baby Jesus, using a metalpoint pen. Rogier van der Weyden painted it in about 1440, and some people think the face of Luke is a self-portrait.
Where to see it
📍 Museum of Fine Arts BostonBoston, United States
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Rogier van der Weyden was a Flemish painter born in Tournai in about 1399. He worked in Brussels and became one of the most admired painters of Northern Europe for pictures that show deep feeling and realistic tears. He died in 1464.
