Today at the Groeninge Museum I was assigned to write about the painting St. Lucas drawing the Madonna. It was painted by Rogier Van der Weyden around the year 1435.  I really enjoyed this painting because how much symbolism was represented in the details. St. Lucas is the man who is drawing and he is the patron of the artists. You can tell he is St. Lucas because of the book (he was one of the gospel writers) and the bull in the background beside him. The madonna is pictured without a halo or glowing presence and breastfeeding the Christ child. This is very rare and her portrayal in this painting is very special because it is so normal and nonchalant. She is also viewed from St. Lucas’ perspective at a profile view which is also very rare. Also, the subjects are in the foreground of the picture with a garden out the window followed by the landscape which is very characteristic of primitive Flemish art because they did not yet have much of a grasp on perspective. I very much enjoyed the pieces of art in this Museum  because many of the scenes depicted in the paintings were scenes that we saw in the city of Brugge.