Saint Luke
1600
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1600
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Saint Luke is a 1600 paint by Unknown, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This shows Saint Luke seated at a desk, writing on a scroll. A calm brown bull rests beside him. The light falls gently on the saint’s face and robe. The artist copied a print by Sebald Behm. You can spot the same folds in the robe and even the bull’s ear. Akbar’s artists often did this. They mixed European styles with Indian colors. Take a closer look at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting depicts Saint Luke as a bearded man in a blue robe and black hat, accompanied by a long-sleeved pink tunic, standing in a landscape and facing right. He holds a large closed book under his right arm and a smaller open book in his left hand, rendered in opaque watercolor and gold on paper. The work is mounted on a later album page and was created by an anonymous artist who based it on a 1541 engraving by Sebald Beham.
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