'La Fuente De La Vida', (The Fountain of Grace), 1430-1455, (c1934). Artist: Jan van Eyck.

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'La Fuente De La Vida', (The Fountain of Grace), 1430-1455, (c1934). A theological allegory responding to a point of medieval, ecclesiastical view expressing the centrality of the Eucharist for the Church. Christ on the throne between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist with the Lamb at his feet, a heavenly choir with its musicians, above kings, noblemen, popes and theologians. Oil on panel. Held in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. From Galerias De Europa: Museo Del Prado, by A. De Beruete y Moret & Augusto L. Mayer. [Editorial Labor, , Barcelona, c1934]

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