# St Luke the Apostle and Evangelist [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN ICON PAINTER, Russian]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Egg tempera on spruce, 55 x 43 cm ## Commentary This icon of the evangelist at work, which was once in the Royal Door of an iconostasis, is painted in a style characteristic of the painting of the late 17th century in the city of Yaroslavl, which is located on the Volga to the north of Moscow. This style is distinguished by exuberant architectural depiction, meticulous ornamentation, and miniature-like details. It reflects the opulence of the city, which in the 17th century experienced an economic and cultural heyday as one of Russia's most important trading centres. ## Related artworks - [Exaltation of the Cross]() - [Icon of St Theodore Stratilates and St Theodore Tyron]() - [Icon of the Transfiguration]() - [Luke Paints the Icon of the Mother of God Hodegetria]() - [Mandylion]() - [Resurrection of Christ and the Harrowing of Hell]() - [St Nicholas the Wonder-Worker]() - [St Nicholas with Scenes from his Life]() - [St Nicholas with Scenes from His Life]() - [Synaxis of All Saints]() - [The Apostle Peter]() - [The Baptism of Christ]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()