The case of Canon van der Paele

Author

Lane, Barbara G.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Source : notes in the history of art. 1990, Num. 2, Vol. 9, p. 1-6, 3 ill.

ISSN

0737-4453

Abstract (en)

Reports the medical opinion published by Jan V. Dequeker (Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1981, 124 (15 June), p. 1597-1598) that the portrait of van der Paele in the Madonna with Canon van der Paele by Jan van Eyck (Bruges, Groeningemuseum) reveals that he suffered from temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica, which would account for documentary evidence that he was excused from his ecclesiastical duties and confined to his home for the last years of his life; it also reinforces the theory that the painting remained in the canon's residence during his lifetime.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Belgium
• Eyck, Jan van, ca.1390-1441
• Painting
• Belgium
• 1400-1500
• Madonna with Canon van der Paele
• Groeningemuseum||Brugge (BEL)
• Portraits
• Paele, George van der, d.1443
• Illness
• Representation
• Patronage

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Belgique
• Eyck, Jan van, v.1390-1441
• Peinture
• Belgique
• 1400-1500
• Vierge au chanoine van der Paele
• Groeningemuseum||Brugge (BEL)
• Portrait
• Paele, George van der, m.1443
• Maladie
• Représentation
• Mécénat

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920101-00416734

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