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EYCK, Jan van: Crucifixion

🖼 Crucifixion, 1420-25
Oil on wood transferred to canvas
56.5 × 19.5 cm
New York, United States

Intricate gold leaf and luminous oil paint render Christ suspended between thieves, set within a Gothic cityscape. Van Eyck's meticulous technique established Northern Renaissance mastery of light and detail, revolutionizing panel painting's spiritual intensity.

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E. H. Gombrich
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