Joris van der Paele

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Joris van der Paele was a 15th-century Bruges cleric and canon best known as the donor portrayed in Jan van Eyck’s painting "Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
art patron
canon
cleric
donor portrait subject
associatedWith Jan van Eyck NERFINISHED
St. Donatian's Church, Bruges NERFINISHED
burialPlace St. Donatian's Church, Bruges NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 15th century
countryOfCitizenship County of Flanders NERFINISHED
culture Flemish
depictedIn "Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele" NERFINISHED
employer Chapter of St. Donatian's Church, Bruges NERFINISHED
era Late Middle Ages
Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork ecclesiastical administration
liturgy
floruit 15th century
genreOfCommissionedWork Marian painting
donor altarpiece
hasCanonicalStatus prebendary at St. Donatian's Church, Bruges
hasPortraitBy Jan van Eyck NERFINISHED
knownFor being the donor portrayed in Jan van Eyck’s "Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele"
name Joris van der Paele NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Middle Dutch NERFINISHED
notableWork commissioning of Jan van Eyck’s "Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele"
occupation Catholic priest
canon
cleric
patronOf religious art
placeOfActivity Bruges NERFINISHED
positionHeld canon of St. Donatian's Church, Bruges
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
religiousOrderOrStatus secular clergy
residence Bruges NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
socialStatus member of urban clerical elite in Bruges
subjectOf art historical studies on Jan van Eyck’s donors
iconographic analyses of "Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele"
typeOfCleric canon priest
workLocation Bruges NERFINISHED

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