Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele | Jan van Eyck | c. 1434-36 Select Size:40" x 32" exaggerated lines

exaggerated lines

dramatic use of chiaroscuro

Collier focuses entirely on Godiva’s quiet strength

known for his Romantic landscapes

likely symbolizing the sardine

Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele | Jan van Eyck | c. 1434-36 Select Size:40" x 32" exaggerated linesAbout the artwork: Jan van Eycks Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele is one of the most important works of early Flemish painting, completed in 1436 for Joris van der Paele, a canon of Saint Donatians Church in Bruges. The composition presents the Virgin and Child enthroned in a sacred interior, with Saint Donatian on one side and Saint George introducing the kneeling donor on the other. Van Eyck turns a devotional image into a highly detailed