The Madonna with Canon Van der Paele (1436)
by Jan van EYCK

The Van der Paele panel is Jan van Eyck's largest painting after the Ghent Altarpiece. Once again the sense of reality, both in the treatment of space, light and matter, and in the sense of the presence of figures, is breathtaking. Here, too, the effect is produced by the sort of special techniques and know-how that went beyond the new 'academic' rules prevalent in Italy at the time and with which Van Eyck must have been familiar.

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The Madonna with Canon van der Paele
1436
Oil on wood, 122 x 157 cm
Groeninge Museum, Bruges


The Madonna with Canon van der Paele
1436
Oil on wood, 122 x 157 cm
Groeninge Museum, Bruges


The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (detail)
1436
Oil on wood, width of detail: 47 cm
Groeninge Museum, Bruges


The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (detail)
1436
Oil on wood
Groeninge Museum, Bruges


The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (detail)
1436
Oil on wood, width of detail: 47 cm
Groeninge Museum, Bruges


The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (detail)
1436
Oil on wood, width of detail: 47 cm
Groeninge Museum, Bruges


The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (detail)
1436
Oil on wood
Groeninge Museum, Bruges


The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (detail)
1436
Oil on wood
Groeninge Museum, Bruges


The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (details)
1436
Oil on wood, width of details: 7,5 cm (each)
Groeninge Museum, Bruges


The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (details)
1436
Oil on wood, width of details: 7,5 cm (each)
Groeninge Museum, Bruges


The Madonna with Canon van der Paele (details)
1436
Oil on wood
Groeninge Museum, Bruges



Summary of works by Jan van Eyck
Paintings until 1434 | Paintings from 1435
The Ghent Altarpiece (1432)
Open, upper section (1) | Open, upper section (2) | Open, lower section
closed, upper section | closed, lower section
Famous panels
Arnolfini marriage portrait | Madonna with Canon van der Paele



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