Madonna of Chancellor Rolin [SEP] creator
Madonna of Chancellor Rolin
The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin is an oil painting by the Early Netherlandish master Jan van Eyck, dating from around 1435. It is kept in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, and was commissioned by Nicolas Rolin, aged 60, chancellor of the Duchy of Burgundy, whose votive portrait takes up the left side of the picture, for his parish church, "Notre-Dame-du-Chastel" in Autun, where it remained until the church burnt down in 1793. After a period in
and arranged to convey a sense of intimacy without feeling constricted. The "Madonna of Chancellor Rolin" is lit from both from the central portico and side windows, while the floor-tiles in comparison to other elements shows that the figures are only about six feet from the columned loggia screen, and that Rolin might have had to squeeze himself through the opening to get out that way. The different elements of the cathedral are in "Madonna in the Church " are so specifically detailed, and the elements of Gothic and contemporary