Saint Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin (1652-1653). Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Il G
Saint Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin (1652-1653). Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Il Guercino (Italian, 1591-1666). Oil on canvas. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.Saint Luke is identified here by an inkwell in the form of his attribute, an ox, set upon a book symbolizing his authorship of one of the Gospels. Luke was also known in popular tradition as an artist. He is credited with painting many images of the Virgin, among them a highly venerated Byzantine icon housed in the Sanctuary of the Madonna of Saint Luke near Bologna. -- source link
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