Jan Van Eyck, Rolin Madonna

Van Eyck's representation of the Virgin in the Rolin Madonna is based on a tradition of images known as the Throne of Wisdom or Sedes Sapientiae, in which the Christ Child sits very formally in the lap of His mother. The image on the left is from Chartres Cathedral. It exemplifies a twelfth century version of the image.

Duke Philip the Good being presented with the Chroniques de Hainaut,

1448-52

Yolande de Soissons in Prayer, from the Psalter and Hours of Yolande de Soissons, late 13th c.

Jean de Berry in Prayer before the Virgin, from the Petites Heures, late 14th c.