Some 60  painted panels, manuscripts, drawings, bas-reliefs and precious metal artifacts have been  assembled for a unique exhibition made possible by the support of many museums and institutions in France and abroad, including the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, the Royal Library in Brussels, the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin is a major work of Western art with an important meditative dimension that can make it seem difficult to understand.
The exhibition is therefore structured around a series of questions, which will take you through each stage in the process of viewing the painting: for what purpose(s) did Van Eyck create this unusual work for Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor to the Duchy of Burgundy? Why is the background landscape so miniaturised as to be almost invisible? How should we interpret the two small figures in the garden? What are the connections between this painting, the art of illumination and funerary bas-reliefs? Do we know how the artists of the 15th century interpreted the work?

The exhibition is organised in six sections that will  draw you  deeper and deeper into the painting, with The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin placed in the centre of the room. Four of the sections revolve around at least one work by Jan van Eyck.