Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele

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altarpiece painting

Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele is a large, richly detailed 15th-century oil-on-panel altarpiece by Jan van Eyck depicting the Virgin Mary and Christ Child enthroned and accompanied by saints and the donor in a meticulously rendered interior.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele canonical 2
The Madonna with Canon Joris van der Paele 1
Virgin and Child enthroned 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf altarpiece ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod 15th century ⓘ
artist Jan van Eyck ⓘ
artworkSurface panel ⓘ
catalogCode Groeningemuseum inv. 0.40 (approximate identifier; check museum records for exact number) ⓘ
collection Groeningemuseum ⓘ
surface form: Groeningemuseum collection
commissionedBy Joris van der Paele ⓘ
completionDate 1436 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Flanders ⓘ
creator Jan van Eyck ⓘ
depicts Child Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Christ Child

Joris van der Paele ⓘ
Saint Donatian ⓘ
Saint George of Lydda ⓘ
surface form: Saint George

Virgin Mary ⓘ
armor of Saint George ⓘ
church interior ⓘ
donor portrait ⓘ
ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ
liturgical vestments ⓘ
throne ⓘ
endTime 1436 ⓘ
genre religious painting ⓘ
hasInscription artist’s signature ⓘ
date inscription ⓘ
donor’s epitaph ⓘ
hasPart Madonna and Child ⓘ
surface form: Virgin and Child group

donor figure ⓘ
two standing saints ⓘ
inception 1434 ⓘ
languageOfInscription Latin ⓘ
location Groeningemuseum, Bruges ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Flemish Primitives art ⓘ
surface form: Early Netherlandish painting

Northern Renaissance ⓘ
notableFeature complex iconography ⓘ
donor kneeling before the Virgin ⓘ
illusionistic space ⓘ
meticulous detail ⓘ
originalFunction altarpiece ⓘ
originalLocation St. Donatian's Church, Bruges ⓘ
placeOfCreation Bruges ⓘ
significantEvent acquisition by the city of Bruges ⓘ
startTime 1434 ⓘ
support oak panel ⓘ
technique oil painting ⓘ

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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele
Description of subject: Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele is a large, richly detailed 15th-century oil-on-panel altarpiece by Jan van Eyck depicting the Virgin Mary and Christ Child enthroned and accompanied by saints and the donor in a meticulously rendered interior.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jan van Eyck → notableWork → Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele ⓘ
Flemish Primitives art → hasNotableWork → Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele ⓘ
Madonna of Chancellor Rolin → subjectHeading → Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgin and Child with donor
Madonna of Chancellor Rolin → iconography → Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virgin and Child enthroned
Groeningemuseum → notableWorkInCollection → Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Madonna with Canon Joris van der Paele