The Northern Renaissance painter's innovative techniques altered the course of art history. An upcoming exhibition in London ...
For the first time in history, all of Van Eyck’s surviving portraits—nearly half of his entire known output—will be displayed together at London’s National Gallery. Jan van Eyck, Margaret, the ...
The famed Ghent Altarpiece has long been attributed to two artists: Dutch master Jan van Eyck and his lesser-known older brother Hubert, who died six years before the artwork was completed, in 1432.
It was Friday morning, just hours before she was set to reveal the $2.4 million, multiyear restoration she had led on a panel of one of the world’s great artistic treasures: “The Adoration of the ...
The research into the famous triptych was conducted by the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage; the research explains that the discovery of the painting’s varied authorship “brings clarity to an old ...
The Ghent Altarpiece, also known as the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, is a masterpiece of European art and considered one of the world’s most cherished treasures. Commonly regarded as the first major ...
“The best introduction to the lifelong pleasure and rewards of looking at pictures since Gombrich. An instant classic.” Stephen Fry If you (like most viewers) of Jan van Eyck’s “Arnolfini Portrait” ...