St Luke painting the Virgin and Child
c. 1650RCIN 902728
The Saint is shown seated on a low chair, about to begin painting his miraculous image of the Virgin and Child, which is outlined on a panel before him. His symbol of an ox looks on. Guercino executed the drawing in a sophisticated combination of red and black chalks, and it was presumably made as a finished work of art. The staining and woodworm holes show that it was framed and hung at an early date.
No. 59