Madonna with Child Reading
- Madonna with Child Reading
Infobox Painting|
title=Virgin and Child Reading
artist=Jan van Eyck
year=1433
type=Oil on wood
height=26.5
width=19.5
city=Melbourne
museum=National Gallery of VictoriaThe "Virgin and Child Reading" is an oil painting attributed to the Early Netherlandish master Jan van Eyck, from 1433. It is on display in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.
The inscription on the wall at top left says: "COPLETV ANO D M CCCC XXXIIJ P IOHEM DE EYC BRVGIS". There is a motto on the right: "ALC IXH XAN" ("As I Can").
ee also
* Lucca Madonna (van Eyck)
* Roman Catholic Marian art
References
* [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/a/albani/4winter.html Page at wga.hu] For more on the Virgin and Child, see the pdf file at the bottom of this link: * [http://www.hughhudson.net]
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