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EYCK, Jan van: Portrait of a Man with Carnation

🖼 Portrait of a Man with Carnation, c. 1435
Oil on wood
40 × 31 cm
Berlin, Germany

Soft light models a man's angular face as he holds a delicate carnation, rendered with jewel-like precision and oil paint's luminous depth. This intimate portrait pioneered Flemish realism, establishing the carnation as a symbol of devotion and marriage while demonstrating van Eyck's revolutionary mastery of light and detail.

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