Madonna with Child Reading

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Virgin and Child Reading

Jan van Eyck, 1433

Oil on wood

26.5 × 19.5 cm

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

The 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").

[edit] See also

• Lucca Madonna (van Eyck)

[edit] References

• Page at wga.hu

For more on the Virgin and Child, see the pdf file at the bottom of this link: *[1]