# St Luke Drawing the Virgin \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOSSART, Jan]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on oak panel ## Commentary St Luke Drawing the Virgin \(detail\) c. 1515 Oil on oak panel Národní Galerie, Prague Sitting on a low step, Mary is the Virgin of Humility, but she is simultaneously praised as the Queen of the Heaven in the antiphon Regina Coeli, which is embroidered on the hem of her mantle. The Ave Maria prayer, acknowledging her as both the mother of Christ and intercessor for humankind, is embroidered there as well. Mary's baring of her breast to nurse the Christ Child identifies her as the Virgo Lactans. ## Related artworks - [A Grotesque with Two Sirens]() - [A Man Holding a Glove]() - [A Reliquary]() - [A Women's Bath]() - [Adam Accuses Eve before God]() - [Adam and Eve \(detail\)]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()