I don't know why, but I simply love works like the San Luca Altarpiece, 1453, by Andrea Mantegna. (See also image from museum site.)
Commissioned for a chapel dedicated to St Luke, in the Church of St Justina, Padua, it consists of 12 panels.
In the top register are: St Daniel of Padua and St Jerome on the left; the Virgin, Christ, and St John in the center; with St Augustine and St Sebastian on the right.
In the lower register, St Scolastica and St Prosdocimus appear on the left; then St Luke in the center; with St Benedict and St Justina on the right.
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