Madonna of Chancellor Rolin
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A church spire rises gilded in the townscape, directly behind Rolin's clasped hands. Gelfand identifies it, almost certainly, as Notre-Dame-du-Châtel, the church that once housed this panel.
The capitals between him and the Virgin are carved with the Drunkenness of Noah and Abraham meeting Melchizedek: Old Testament wine and bread on Rolin's side, whose fortune was built on the vineyards visible in the landscape behind him, set against the Virgin's grace.
A single line still divides them. The crown an angel holds above the Virgin is, Gelfand argues, likely one Rolin gave that church: he kneels beneath his own gift.
Sources: Laura D. Gelfand, "Piety, Nobility, and Posterity: Wealth and the Ruin of Nicolas Rolin's Reputation," JHNA vol. 1, no. 1 (2009) · Gelfand 2009, JHNA
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 8,190 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.