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- Tradition has it that this icon, which is now preserved in a church attached to the Tretyakov Art Gallery in Moscow, was originally painted by the holy Apostle Luke, to whom the Most Holy Theotokos entrusted the production of her image for the support of the faithful.
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Jan 21, 2021 · Ancient church writers report that St Luke […] was the first to use paint to create an image of the Most Holy Theotokos holding the Infant Jesus Christ in her arms. After that he painted two more icons of the Most Pure Lady and brought them to Her.
Oct 18, 2017 · Philip Kosloski - published on 10/18/17 - updated on 08/07/23. Various traditions claim the Gospel writer drew one or more icon portraits of the Virgin Mary from life. According to tradition St ...
Luke the Evangelist painting the first icon of the Virgin Mary Christian tradition, starting from the 8th century, states that Luke was the first icon painter. He is said to have painted pictures of the Virgin Mary and Child, in particular the Hodegetria image in Constantinople (now lost).
- 18 October
- Padua, Italy
- Gospel of Luke, Acts of the Apostles
The S. Maria Maggiore icon was almost surely made in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century. That it greatly postdated any work ever painted by Saint Luke did not diminish it—it commanded the same authority as his original. In fact, copies of the venerated images “by Luke” proliferated.
Oct 18, 2023 · According to Eastern Church tradition, Saint Luke is considered the first iconographer. Though there is no evidence, writings started to appear in the 8th century referring to his icons of the Virgin and Child. His gospel stood out for its detail in the narration of Christ’s childhood.
The legend of Saint Luke as the author of the first Christian icons had been developed in Byzantium during the Iconoclastic Controversy, as attested by 8th century sources. By the 11th century , a number of images started being attributed to his authorship and venerated as authentic portraits of Christ and the Virgin Mary. [1]
Oct 18, 2019 · October 18, 2019. St. Luke is known as a fellow worker with St. Paul, an evangelist (the author of the Gospel that bears his name and the Acts of the Apostles) and a physician. For iconographers, St. Luke is revered as the first (according to tradition) to write an icon of the Blessed Mother.
