Madonna in the Church, Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck·Madonna in the Church·c. 1438–40·Oil on oak panel·Gemäldegalerie, Berlin↓

Jan van Eyck Flemish, c. 1390 – 1441

Madonna in the Church, c. 1438–40

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The crowned Virgin, far too tall for the building, stands in the nave of a Gothic church holding the Christ Child, who grips the neckline of her red dress. Daylight streams through the windows and falls in two pools on the floor, a sign of her purity. The tiny panel was probably the left wing of a diptych whose other half is lost.

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In a doorway at right, two angels sing from a book. Behind Mary, a statue of her holding the Child stands in a niche, echoing her pose.

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