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EYCK, Jan van: The Ghent Altarpiece: The Donor’s Wife

🖼 The Ghent Altarpiece: The Donor’s Wife, 1432
Oil on wood
148.7 × 54.2 cm
Gent, Belgium

Jewel-like pigments and meticulous detail render a kneeling noblewoman in prayer, her delicate features and sumptuous fabrics catching divine light. Van Eyck's revolutionary oil technique established Early Flemish painting's unprecedented realism, influencing European art for centuries.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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