Monogrammist VED
St. Luke Painting a Portrait of the Virgin
1824
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Monogrammist VED
St. Luke Painting a Portrait of the Virgin
1824
Physical Qualities
Graphite with inscribed lines from transfer, Sheet: 213 x 154 mm. (21.3 x 15.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Blanche Adler
Object Number
1937.36
Luke sits at a desk to the right making an image of the Virgin and Child who model for him inside a church; ox in lower right corner; a male figure stands behind Luke and points toward the Virgin; In the background an assistant works at a table preparing paints. VERSO: sketch of female figure, bust-length, with arm raised over head.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1937; Blanche Adler (1877(?)-1941), Baltimore.
Inscribed: RECTO: LR, graphite, monogram 'VeD 1825'; LL, graphite, 'S. Luc par Rombauts/eglise Metropolit. Malines'; TRC, ink, '3'; BRC, graphite, '15'. VERSO: LRQ, black stamp 'B.A.' in square [Lugt Suppl. 343a].
