The Mother of God and her child appear larger than life-size, as if floating on air, in the nave of a Gothic cathedral flooded with light. Everything radiates, glows, and sparkles like a precious ston

Painter: Jan van Eyck (Eyck ca. 1390--1441 Bruges) Date: inscribed by artist and dated 1436 Original location: near van der Paele's tomb in Sint Donaaskerk, Bruges Collection: Bruges: Groeningemuseum # 0.161 Medium and Size: Oil on panel 141 x 176.5 cm (almost life-sized) Literature: Borchert; Age of Van Eyck; 2002, cat. no. 22, p. 234; Ainsworth 1998, p. 163. For repeats of this carpet, and images in black /white, see her commentary on pp. 163 (JVE) ; 291 (Gerard David); 293 (Ambrosius…

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Artist: Jan van Eyck (Netherlandish, Maaseik ca. 1390–1441 Bruges) and Workshop Assistant. Date: ca. 1440–41. Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wo...

Eyck, Jan van. Ghent altarpiece. 1432

Jan van Eyck, Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?), 1433. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more.

This prayer to Christ the King helps us see more clearly who's really in charge in our lives!