Year 1433 Artist Jan van Eyck Media Oil paint Genre Christian art | Type Oil on wood Created 1433 Period Northern Renaissance | |
 | ||
Dimensions 26.5 cm × 19.5 cm (10.4 in × 7.7 in) Location National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Subject Mary, Christ Child, Madonna Similar Jan van Eyck artwork, Northern Renaissance artwork, Oil paintings | ||
The Virgin and Child Reading (also the Ince Hall Madonna) is an oil painting attributed to a follower of 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 reads: "COPLETV ANO D M CCCC XXXIIJ P IOHEM DE EYC BRVGIS". There is a motto on the right: "ALC IXH XAN" ("As I Can").
References
Ince Hall Madonna Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA