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EYCK, Jan van: Madonna and Child at the Fountain

🖼 Madonna and Child at the Fountain, 1439
Oil on wood
19 × 12 cm
KMSKA
Antwerp, Belgium

Jeweled light bathes the Virgin and Child beside an ornate Gothic fountain, rendered with microscopic precision in oil. Van Eyck's revolutionary technique and symbolic garden establish Northern Renaissance mastery, merging spiritual devotion with domestic intimacy in unprecedented detail.

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