DOMENICHINO
(b. 1581, Bologna, d. 1641, Napoli)

Luke the Evangelist

1622-28
Fresco
Sant'Andrea della Valle, Rome

The picture shows Luke the Evangelist painted by Domenichino in one of the four pendentives of the choir.

The uncommonly large surfaces of the cupola pendentives presented the painter with a special challenge, which he met by furnishing the evangelists, perched on clouds, with a rich figural apparatus and unusual iconographic additions.