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Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele is a large oil-on-oak panel painting completed around 1434–1436 by the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck. It shows the painting's donor, Joris van der Paele, within an apparition of saints. Van der Paele was then elderly and gravely ill, and intended the work as his memorial. The Virgin Mary is enthroned at the centre of the semicircular space, which likely represents a church interior, with the Christ Child on her lap. St. Donatian stands to her right, Saint George to her left. The saints are identifiable from Latin inscriptions lining the borders of the imitation bronze frame. The Virgin's throne is decorated with carved representations of Adam and Eve, prefigurations of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus, and scenes from the Old Testament. The panel is considered one of van Eyck's most fully realised and ambitious works, and has been described as a "masterpiece of masterpieces". (Full article...)
Ceoil and Victoriaearle: any interest in doing a blurb for this 2017 FAC? No rush ... It hasn't been scheduled at TFA yet. I'm just letting you know because I'm posting blurbs for FACs promoted in 2017 today. - Dank (push to talk) 22:41, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
- Thx Ceoil. - Dank (push to talk) 20:32, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
- I appreciate the help with this and the other blurbs this weekend. Ceoil (talk) 21:52, 28 June 2020 (UTC)