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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Eyck, Jan van Creator Nationality: European; Flemish Creator Dates/Places: active 1422-1441 Creator Name-CRT: Jan van Eyck Title: Virgin and Child, with Saints and Donor View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1441 Creation End Date: 1443 Creation Date: c. 1441-1443 Object Type: Paintings Materials and Techniques: oil on panel (cradled) Dimensions: 18 5/8 x 24 1/8 in. includes added strips (47.3 x 61.3 cm.) AMICA Contributor: The Frick Collection Owner Location: New York, New York, USA ID Number: 54.1.161 Credit Line: Purchased Rights: http://www.frick.org Subject Terms: Saints-Barbara Subject Terms: Saints-Elizabeth of Hungary Context: The Virgin, holding the Child, stands in majesty on an Oriental carpet, enframed by a sumptuous brocade canopy and hanging inscribed AVE GRA[TIA] PLE[N]A (Hail [Mary] full of grace). She is attended by St. Barbara, with her attribute of the tower in which she was imprisoned rising behind her, St. Elizabeth of Hungary, who gave up her crown to become a nun, and a kneeling Carthusian monk. As yet no clear explanation has been found for the presence of the two saints. Elizabeth may have been included because she was the patron saint of Isabella of Portugal, the Duchess of Burgundy, who apparently made donations to Carthusian monasteries throughout the Netherlands and Switzerland. Barbara was protectress against sudden death and, among other roles, patron saint of soldiers, which may explain the statue of Mars visible in a window of her tower. She appears here as sponsor for the donor, and it is possible that both saints had some particular association with his monastery or with his early membership in the Teutonic Order, a religious foundation with military ties. The Carthusian monk has been identified as Jan Vos (d. 1462), Prior of the Charterhouse of Genadeda -or Val-de-Grâce near Bruges, and a well-known figure in fifteenth-century monastic life in the Netherlands. He held various important posts in Carthusian houses before his appointment to Genadedal in 1441, the year of Jan van Eyck s death. Documents relate that the Frick painting was ordered as a pious memorial of Dom Jan Vos, Prior of the Monastery, and that it was dedicated on September 3, 1443. Most scholars consider this one of van Eyck's last paintings, begun by him in 1441 but completed after his death in his shop. Many attempts have been made to identify the walled town beside the river at right. Such diverse cities as Maastricht, Prague, Lyon, Liège, and Brussels have been proposed. It has also been suggested that the large church to the right of St. Elizabeth represents old St. Paul's Cathedral in London. But despite the remarkably vivid details, the view appears to be imaginary. Related Document Description: New York, The Frick Collection. Art in the Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts [cat.]. Comp. C. Ryskamp, et al., 1996, p.40 (reproduced in color). New York, The Frick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.1, Paintings. [cat.]. 1968, pp.198-208, p.199 (reproduced). AMICA ID: TFC_.Eyck.54-1-161 AMICA Library Year: 1999 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Frick Collection, New York, 1999 AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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