Saints Luke and Dominic n.d.

This drawing, Saints Luke and Dominic, was created by an anonymous artist using pen and gray ink on laid paper. Its oval composition invites the eye to follow the delicate, swirling lines that define the figures of the two saints and the angel above them. The monochromatic palette focuses our attention on the linear structure and the contrast between the solid forms and the ethereal cloud-like background. Here, the artist utilizes a semiotic system to convey religious narrative. Saint Luke, traditionally depicted as an evangelist and artist, is shown with his symbolic ox in the upper part of the drawing. Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominican order, is likely represented by the cross. These symbols, along with the angel, act as visual cues that would have been immediately recognizable to the informed viewer, embedding the drawing within a broader cultural and religious framework. The drawing's formal qualities and open-ended potential for meaning invite ongoing interpretation. The very act of drawing, with its emphasis on line and form, highlights the constructed nature of representation itself.