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One Hundred Great Paintings: Adoration: Jan van Eyck: The Madonna and Chancellor Rolin

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A look at some of the world's great masterpieces dating from the Renaissance to the 20th century.
This group of three themes in 15 consecutive days starts with: Adoration
Tonight Jan van Eyck (c 1390-1441) The Madonna and Chancellor Rolin at the Louvre, Paris in which the artist depicts the tough, calculating Chancellor to the Duke of Burgundy on an imaginary visit to the Virgin and Child in the Court of Heaven, against a magnificent background of the real world, or perhaps the New Jerusalem.
(Tomorrow: Piero della Francesco's 'Resurrection')
Book: Great Paintings, £22.95, from bookshops

Contributors

Written and presented by:
John Hale
Series adviser:
Edwin Mullins
Executive Producer:
Bill Morton
Executive Producer:
Kenneth Corden
Title symbol by:
David Hockney
Director:
Anita Crum
Source: Radio Times

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