Lucca Madonna by Jan van Eyck - 1436 - 65.6 x 149.5 cm Städel Museum Lucca Madonna by Jan van Eyck - 1436 - 65.6 x 149.5 cm Städel Museum

Lucca Madonna

oil on canvas • 65.6 x 149.5 cm
  • Jan van Eyck - before c. 1390 - July 9, 1441 Jan van Eyck 1436

This is one of the last works painted by Jan van Eyck. The woman who sat as the Virgin has been identified as the painter’s wife, Margaretha. In Iconography, the physical positioning of Madonna on a throne with Jesus sitting on her knee is called the Throne of Wisdom. This was a popular structure of subjects in Early Netherlandish paintings.