Jan van Eyck: Madonna of Chancellor Rolin – c1435
Paris, Musée du Louvre Nicolas Rolin was born about 1380 in Autun, becoming chancellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1422, a post he held for several decades. He steered the Burgundian domains through a period of sustained success, a prosperity that was rooted in the booming economy of Flanders which had become … Read more