Rogier van der Weyden made this striking painting, Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin, somewhere between 1435 and 1440. This was made during the Late Medieval to Early Renaissance art period. Like Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife, this was created during a time when portraits were widely used as an art form. Detail to color, expression, stature, and dimensions were greatly looked after. An interesting aspect to this painting, that was included in many Flemish paintings during its time, was the large window that panned out to the town in the background. The attention to detail of the town is amazing-the viewer can truly get a feel for the scene. The other aspect of the painting is that the portrait artist is pictured in the painting itself. Usually, this was not very common as portrait art just focused on who the portrait was being made of. It is shown that the artist is painting the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child; for him to be in the same area with those two is something that would not be heard of making today. However, during that time, it was not uncommon for people to be painted along with the Virgin Mary and Christ Child.
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