Lucca Madonna

An oil panel painted around 1437 by the Early Netherlandish master Jan van Eyck, showing the Virgin Mary seated on a wooden throne beneath a canopy, breastfeeding the infant Christ. Its small size suggests it was made for private devotion, and its construction suggests it may once have formed the inner panel of a triptych; the Virgin's face has been identified as a portrait of the painter's own wife, Margaretha. The painting takes its present name from an early nineteenth-century owner, Charles II, Duke of Parma and Lucca, and dates from near the end of van Eyck's career, between the Ghent Altarpiece and his death in 1441. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/