Sunday, September 9, 2012



The painting, Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin, above was made by a famous and re-owned painter named Rogier van der Weyden. It was made during 1435-1440 which was Late Medieval and Early Renaissance period. This portrait is very captivating due to the fact that it shows one of the most sacred relationship in the universe. It is the relationship between a mother and its child. The care and nurture a mother provides to a child is very evident in this illustration. The maternal relationship between mother Mary and baby Jesus is very noticeable as she looks down at him lovingly and he reciprocates the gaze with a smile. The mother-child relationship that the painter tried to expresses could be easily empathize by anyone. 

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