Until the Second World War, the painting St Lucy adorned the right-hand side altar of the succursal church dedicated to St Ulrich above Dobrunje in the parish of Sostro. The artist has placed the saint, dressed in vivid yellow dress, against a contrastingly gloomy landscape. Her right knee rests gently on a rock and her gaze is turned to the winged cherub reclining on a cloud above her. The cherub, seen in the act of placing a garland of roses on her head, holds a martyr’s palm in its right hand. We see St Lucy with her characteristic attribute – a platter containing a pair of eyes. According to one legend, the saint put out her own eyes in order to discourage a persistent suitor attracted by her beauty, after which her sight was miraculously restored to her. For this reason she is also the patron saint of the blind and visually impaired and considered a protector against eye disease.

Narrow, oval faces with a low forehead and a heavenward gaze are typical of Metzinger’s depictions of female saints. A similar composition can be seen in the case of the painting St Lucy from the church in Štepanja Vas (NG S 273) and in other depictions of St Lucy in the painter’s oeuvre.